Agentic Commerce QuickTake: Should Anyone Care?

About this episode

Maribel Lopez and Julie Ask discuss the implications of Agentic Commerce and its impact on retail and AI.

The National Retail Federation Show highlighted that Agentic Commerce is the new buzzword for 2026. But before you rewrite your roadmap, let's talk reality. Julie Ask and Maribel Lopez are discussing: What actually has to happen before agents can buy things for consumers Why 85% of retail is still offline (and what that means for AI commerce) The payments protocol wars: Google/Shopify vs. OpenAI/Stripe/PayPal Where to actually invest your AI budget in customer experience Spoiler: The "auto-...

People in this episode

Host: Maribel Lopez

Guest: Julie Ask

Topics covered

• Agentic Commerce
• retail
• AI commerce
• payments protocol
• customer experience

Keywords

• Agentic Commerce
• retail
• AI
• payments
• customer experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Retail Federation, Google, Shopify, OpenAI, Stripe, PayPal

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