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To say that Synchrony Financial double-clicked on new partnerships and BNPL in its earnings call Tuesday (July 22) is an understatement. Because in fact, it triple-clicked.

In the race to dominate modern retail's final frontier of instant convenience, Walmart has done what once seemed improbable: outpace Amazon in the battle for same-day delivery.

Walmart executives predict that traditional search boxes will become obsolete as the retailer rolls out Sparky, an AI shopping agent designed to handle everything from routine grocery orders to complex purchase research. The prediction came as part of Walmart's July 24 announcement of "the next chapter of AI at Walmart"—a comprehensive four-part agentic AI framework that includes Sparky for customers, Marty for suppliers and advertisers, an Associate Agent for employees, and a Developer Agent for building systems.

Walmart unveiled plans on Thursday to roll out a suite of AI-powered "super agents" designed to improve the shopping experience for customers and streamline operations.

Walmart built so many AI agents, things started to get confusing. Now the retail giant is looking to simplify.

Daniel Danker will become Walmart's head of global AI acceleration, product and design, reporting to the CEO.

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Walmart says it is making efforts to rid its online marketplace of counterfeit sellers. “While counterfeits are estimated to represent a tiny minority of the products sold on marketplaces, it is an issue that plagues all retail marketplaces,” the retail giant wrote in a Tuesday (July 22) blog post.

Foreign companies operating in India's booming e-commerce sector face many regulatory and legal challenges from authorities investigating them for alleged non-compliance with Indian laws, moves largely aimed at protecting local businesses.

Walmart's Indian fashion arm Myntra is being investigated for allegedly breaching rules that ban foreign-funded wholesale retailers from selling directly to consumers, India's federal crime fighting agency said on Wednesday.