Walmart Partners With OpenAI

Walmart Partners With OpenAI

BENTONVILLE, AR – Prosper exhibitor Walmart became the latest (and largest) juggernaut to partner with OpenAI in a move that will allow customers to shop Walmart through ChatGPT using Instant Checkout. “For many years now, eCommerce shopping experiences have consisted...
Amazon’s New “Add to Delivery” Sweetens Prime

Amazon’s New “Add to Delivery” Sweetens Prime

  SEATTLE – An Amazon news report last week revealed a new feature called “Add to Delivery” which makes it simple to add items to an upcoming delivery with one tap. There will be no need to go through checkout again, and no added shipping fees. “Just find what...
ChatGPT Enters Online Sales Fray – Big Deal? No Deal?

ChatGPT Enters Online Sales Fray – Big Deal? No Deal?

SAN FRANCISCO – OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a virtual merchant and partnering with Etsy and Shopify. What does it mean right now and in the future? Is it a big deal, no deal, or somewhere in between? We asked the experts.   “In my opinion, this is not a big...
Amazon Expands Multi-Channel Fulfillment

Amazon Expands Multi-Channel Fulfillment

  SEATTLE – Amazon is expanding its third-party logistics (3PL) product, Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF), to support merchants on SHEIN, Shopify, and Walmart. The expansion builds on Amazon MCF’s success in enabling fulfillment for merchants on other sales...
Target Touts Oct. 5 “Kickoff to Holiday Shopping”  

Target Touts Oct. 5 “Kickoff to Holiday Shopping”  

MINNEAPOLIS – Major retailers are going all in on fourth quarter 2025. Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are set to start on Oct. 7, but Target Corp’s Target Circle Week beats that by two days, starting on Oct. 5 for a seven-day run. Guests can shop for deals in-store and...
Top Five Prosper Improvements

Top Five Prosper Improvements

LAS VEGAS – As an exhibitor, speaker, and attendee, as well as a member of the advisory council, Liz Downing has experienced Prosper from multiple perspectives. As brand director, she works with the Prosper team to keep it growing and evolving. Fortunately, a lot went...
Amazon Announces Prime Big Deal Days

Amazon Announces Prime Big Deal Days

SEATTLE – The heat of the all-important fourth quarter got turned up a notch with Amazon’s announcement this week that Prime Big Deal Days will return October 7-8, kicking off the holiday shopping season with deals and deep discounts. Starting October 7 at 12:01 a.m....
TikTok “Saved” for a Fourth Time

TikTok “Saved” for a Fourth Time

LAS VEGAS – Back in March 2025 at Prosper in Las Vegas, Michelle Barnum Smith of Prosper exhibitor TikTok Shop Sellers confidently declared: “TikTok is not going away. People need to lean in and get their money.” At the time it seemed unlikely, considering that...