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Shein sold goods worth $3.77bn in Europe in the second quarter of 2026. That is 13.9 per cent less than a year earlier, the company reported on 28 September.

Kroger said on 11 September that profit at Kroger Precision Marketing grew 24 percent in its second quarter, while identical sales rose just 0.2 percent.

Retail media in Poland is worth about 2 billion zloty, with Allegro taking more than half. The numbers were presented at the Havas Retail Summit 2026.

Organic visibility at Germany\u2019s biggest online shops fell 16.7 percent in a year, according to a study by Sistrix and LEAP. The trade title etailment published the figures on 3 September 2026.

ChatGPT Shopping now takes about 65% of its product recommendations from merchant product feeds, up from 8.26% before July 10, 2026, according to Profound.

Primark will start delivering orders to homes in Great Britain. Its owner, Associated British Foods, confirmed the plan on 10 September 2026.

Instacart launched a white-label AI shopping assistant for other retailers on 9 September, along with Clementine, its own assistant on the Instacart app.

Meta Muse is a personal AI agent that books travel, sends email and buys things for the user. Meta launched it on 8 September in the United States.

Bain & Company forecasts that US retail sales in November and December will grow 4.5% and pass $1 trillion for the first time.

Campbell’s is moving about 85% of its working media budget into social, influencer and e-commerce after a year of falling sales.

YouTube has opened its shopping affiliate programme in Poland. Allegro is the first partner and creators need 500 subscribers.

Google and Shopify's shared rulebook for AI shopping has a new version. It adds food shopping, split payments and bank checks, and some changes break older set-ups.