KVIC is rolling out a revamped e-commerce site for Khadi India featuring mobile-first design, Shop the Look modules, and Gen Z storytelling. The push follows a record ₹1.87 lakh crore in FY26 Khadi and Village Industries sales, signalling a sharper digital play for the heritage brand.

The Hindu BusinessLine · 5/26/2026, 10:20:24 AM

Generative AI virtual try-on goes mainstream as retailers fight a 15.8% return rate and 19.3% online return rate. ASOS reports a 160bps return reduction; Catches projects a 10% conversion lift for luxury partners including Amiri. Google, Perplexity, Shopify, AIUTA and Doppl are racing to power the stack.

PYMNTS Commerce · 5/15/2026, 2:20:21 AM

Thrive Capital is deploying roughly $100M into Shopify from its $10B fund, a vote of confidence in the platform's AI commerce flywheel. Q1 showed AI-driven traffic up 8x YoY and AI-powered orders nearly 13x YoY, helping fuel Shopify's strongest revenue growth in four years.

PYMNTS Commerce · 5/15/2026, 2:17:14 AM

At Shopify Connect events in Sydney and Melbourne, the platform reported 9x more AI-driven traffic and 15x more orders from AI searches. Retailers including Nutrition Warehouse are racing to ready structured data, unified commerce stacks and AI-readable product feeds for the shift from search to selection.

Inside Retail Australia · 5/15/2026, 2:09:40 AM

Founder Ricardo Larroudé personally built an AI-driven operations system using AI coding tools, stitching together the footwear brand's Shopify storefront, factory output, inventory and marketing data to cut manual work and accelerate decisions.

Glossy · 5/15/2026, 1:24:26 AM