Tencent launched TenPayGo, allowing foreign visitors in China to pay via Visa, Mastercard, and Apple Pay across its network, alongside offering ride-hailing and translation tools.

Happy Returns integrated its box-free, label-free returns solution into TikTok Shop, giving merchants consolidated return options to lower fraud and speed up inventory turnaround.

Shopify expanded WebMCP support to checkout, enabling browser-based AI agents to read, update, and submit orders on merchants' storefronts with user authorization, covering the full purchase journey via its Universal Commerce Protocol.

Iceland deployed Retail Insight’s AI platform, WasteInsight, to reduce food waste using dynamic markdowns on near-expiry items and real-time inventory notifications.

Speakers at the Retail Asia Summit 2026 urged retailers to structure their product data across platforms so AI agents can surface and rank their listings during automated search and product comparison.

Data from the MACH Alliance shows UK shoppers cap autonomous AI agent spending at £149.12 on average, preferring to retain final approval over higher-value purchases despite widespread AI use for research.

Tesco is trialing AIUTA's virtual try-on technology at its Sandhurst Extra store, allowing customers to digitally try on 1,500 F&F clothing items via in-store screens.