Tootfinder

Sources: OpenAI has been slow to expand in-app checkouts for ChatGPT as the startup and its partners Shopify and Stripe struggle to standardize merchant data (Ann Gehan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-shopping-ambitio…

OpenAI’s Shopping Ambitions Hit Messy Data Reality
OpenAI’s efforts to turn ChatGPT into a go-to personal shopper are off to a slow start. Challenges with wrangling product data mean in-app checkouts aren’t yet widely available to the millions of shops that OpenAI said in September would soon be coming to ChatGPT. OpenAI and its early partners, ...

OpenAI and Perplexity, armed with significant AI capabilities, have targeted the shopping domain. And have run into many problems around data access and semantics.
This raises three thoughts:
First, companies which are bullish about AI “changing everything”, are stumbling in maybe the most traditional, mundane domain: shopping. This doesn’t inspire confidence in their technology.
1/5
#ai

Introducing Just the Browser https://blog.corbin.io/post/805641962529177600/introducing-just-the-browser

Introducing Just the Browser
Modern web browsers are increasingly focused on features beyond the core browsing experience, many of which just end up as distractions. Chrome gives you coupon codes while shopping. Microsoft Edge...

Salsa wasn't actually on my shopping list, but my financial advisor told me to buy the dip

Grocery Shopping: https://eyebeemania.net/2025/12/05/grocery-shopping.html

Grocery Shopping
Well, it does get more expensive. Mind you, we did add on a …

New: Podcast REMIX: Why we over-shop and compulsively acquire, and how to stop, with Dr Jan Eppingstall https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.uk/podcast-remix-episode-remix-why-we-over-shop-and-compulsively-a…

Apple baut Shopping-Website um – schlechtere Preisübersicht beim Mac
Bislang hatte Apple stets einige Mac-Grundmodelle samt Preis auf einer Übersichtsseite dargestellt. Nun müssen sich User erst Konfigurationen zusammenklicken.

In-Chat-Shopping: Revolution im E-Commerce?
Was bedeutet es für den E-Commerce, wenn Information, Produktsuche, Preisvergleich, Entscheidungsfindung und Kauf an einem Ort stattfinden: im KI-Chat?
https://www.

ChatGPT head says screenshots of ChatGPT ads are "either not real or not ads"; OpenAI's research head says "anything that feels like an ad" is now turned off (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
https://the-decoder.com/openai-insists

OpenAI insists its shopping suggestions shouldn't be seen as advertising
Paid ChatGPT users recently reported seeing a prompt labeled "Shop for home and groceries. Connect Target," which appeared to ask them to link their ChatGPT account to OpenAI's retail partner Target. For many users, the message looked like an ad.

»Manipulative #Designs im #Online'handel—Warum Dark Patterns immer öfter scheitern:
#Countdown-Timer, knappe Lagerbestände und Glücksräder gehören für viele längst zum

Manipulative Designs im Onlinehandel: Warum Dark Patterns immer öfter scheitern | t3n
Countdown-Timer, knappe Lagerbestände und Glücksräder gehören für viele längst zum Shopping im Internet dazu. Eine Bitkom-Umfrage zeigt, wie Dark Patterns die Kaufentscheidung tatsächlich beeinflussen. Sogenannte Dark Patterns sind im E-Commerce schon lange ein Problem. Sie treten häufig als Hinweise zum Lagerbestand oder zur Nachfrage auf, werden aber auch gezielt eingesetzt, um Shopper:innen zu schnellen Kaufentscheidungen […]

Ravens take big risk by doing what rest of the NFL would do: Firing John Harbaugh https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6952503/2026/01/08/john-harbaugh-fired-ravens-change-risk-stability/

Wir haben ein Familienmitglied, das für alles (!) das Smartphone benutzt.
Online Shopping, Versicherungen vergleichen, Briefe an Ämter, Essensbestellungen, einfach alles.
Und es ist nicht das jüngste Familienmitglied.
Kannste quatschen wie ein Buch. Hilft nichts.

PMs used to be the crowd that could get away with a light laptop, but now that they are vibecoding, they are all shopping for some beefy dudes.

"Sweden’s Secondhand Shopping Mall Shows Sustainable Retail Can Be Profitable"
#Sweden #Shopping #Retail

Sweden's Secondhand Shopping Mall Shows Sustainable Retail Can Be Profitable | Happy Eco News
The world's first secondhand shopping mall, ReTuna Återbruksgalleria in Sweden, generated $1.3 million in sales by selling only recycled and upcycled items. Opened in 2015, the mall created over 50 jobs and hosts sustainability workshops. Residents donate unwanted items to an on-site depot where staff repair and restore them for resale.

Top tip: if you’re in Iceland and your bag is stuffed and you think you need another suitcase, my suggestion is to save a ton of money by getting a 150ISK 66°N shopping bag to put your laundry in and make room for a couple boxes of Hraun. 🤣

Metacurity is back from a Thanksgiving holiday break with an extensive run-down of the critical cybersecurity developments since last Monday, including
--Some ChatGPT customer data was exposed by a breach at vendor Mixpanel,
--Lazarus Group suspected of $30.6m breach of Upbit,
--Korea's shopping platform Coupang hacked by a former insider to access 30m customers' data,
--Lazarus Group and Kimsuky are DPRK's most prolific hackers,
--Korea arrests four …

Some ChatGPT customers' data were exposed by a breach at vendor Mixpanel
Lazarus Group suspected of $30.6m breach of Upbit, Korea's shopping platform Coupang hacked by a former insider to access 30m customers' data, Lazarus Group and Kimsuky are DPRK's most prolific hackers, Korea arrests four for hacking 120K IP cameras, OnSolve CodeRED platform hit by attack, much more

Senators Push for Answers on ICE's Surveillance Shopping Spree (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/senators-push-for-answers-on-ices-surveillance-shopping-spree/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p107#a260129p107

OpenAI and Instacart launch a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, letting customers brainstorm meal ideas and check out via OpenAI Instant Checkout (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/you-can-buy-your-ins…

You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT | TechCrunch
Shoppers will be able to go from recipe planning to checkout within the ChatGPT window.

I packed for #POTA before heading out to do the weekly grocery shopping, even though it was only 40°F / 4.5°C with low clouds. I decided it was too cold to sit in the helinox chair without insulation, so I drove past US-3867 and went to US-2755 Umstead State Park instead, where I could sit at a picnic table. I took a floor mat out of my car to sit on. As it was, it was cold enough that I co…

„Buy now, pay later“: Jeder Siebte verliert den Überblick
Jetzt kaufen, später bezahlen: Was beim Online-Shopping verlockend klingt, hat Tücken, warnt die BaFin. Vor allem junge Leute geraten in Turbulenzen.
https://…

Well, today we have done two batches of pre Christmas shopping, in two different towns. Successful, if you mean hammering the bank account. But fun up until a parent emailed my wife (teacher) trying to get her to increase the predicted grade for their child. Mood darkened after that. But we are ok again now, I think.

"Indeed, this budget would put ICE as the 14th most well-funded military in the world, right between Ukraine and Israel. "
I think this is just ICE and does not include the FBI or ATF or National Guard or other federal police forces.
https://www.techdirt.com/2…

Senators Push for Answers on ICE's Surveillance Shopping Spree https://www.404media.co/senators-push-for-answers-on-ices-surveillance-shopping-spree/

Cyber Monday 2025 deals on Las Vegas Raiders gift ideas https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/shopping/2025/11/30/cyber-monday-deals-las-vegas-raiders-gifts/87464181007/

Presenting my #CyberWeek shopping haul for 2015!
About 10 years ago, I found this brand and model socks I really like. These socks are an anti-luxury in that they are all about the value: comfortable and durable, but not fancy. I only buy these now, some in white and some in black. Through attrition, I’ve replaced everything (except thermals) with these.
My

Source: livestream shopping app Whatnot nears ~$1B in revenue for 2025; Whatnot says it has passed $6B in gross sales this year, more than doubling 2024's sales (Ann Gehan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/live…

Livestream Shopping App Whatnot Nears $1 Billion in 2025 Revenue
Livestream shopping app Whatnot is targeting close to $1 billion in revenue for 2025, according to a person with knowledge of the company’s finances. The six-year-old company has quietly grown into one of e-commerce’s hottest companies, raising more than $500 million in new funding this year and boosting its valuation to $11.5 billion. Whatnot originally started as a place for collectors of Funko

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/115578743894042459
From my online grocery shopping poll a couple of weeks back.
Of the 88 respondents who voted, around 25% (22 people) claimed to do some to all of their grocery shopping online. 75% …

I fear this has very little relevance to science or, for that matter, my life. https://flipboard.com/@livescience/health-j8p81ht4z/-/a-MWtiH4bgSa6RrU8VR720CA:a:1692617722-/0

Top 5 mistakes to avoid when shopping for activewear for Christmas
Shopping for running shoes and workout clothes this Cyber Monday ahead of Christmas? Here are 5 common mistakes to avoid, and what to do instead to …

From Chatbot to Checkout: Who Pays When Transactional Agents Play?
https://fpf.org/blog/from-chatbot-to-checkout-who-pays-when-transactional-agents-play/
@…

Out grocery shopping and the kids in the store are off the RAILS it’s adorable
To be clear, this doesn’t mean kids are misbehaving, they’re just very high energy and being very cute

I rarely make electronic shopping lists, so I only discovered today that the Notes app has a handy feature that converts kilograms into tons. Even when using the comma as decimal separator! It doesn’t recognize “dl” (customary in Switzerland), though, and come to think of it, it has none of the features demoed by Doug Engelbart in 1968.

Christmas shopping on Amazon, it has excitedly told me "Customer who viewed items in your browsing history also viewed" - and then presented with a list of the exact things that I've been looking at.
I'll take that as a compliment.

Shopify suffers an outage, leaving some merchants unable to log in or access POS systems, and says it has fixed an issue and is seeing signs of recovery (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/shopify-outage-cyber-monday-shopping.html

Shopify outage: Shopping platform goes down for some users during Cyber Monday
Select merchants were unable to log in to Shopify, while others couldn't access their point-of-sale systems, the company said.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Shopping:
🎵 All Or Nothing
#Shopping
https://shoppingfc.bandcamp.com/album/all-or-nothing
https://open.spotify.com/track/6iKpBx4pPvYjvukHE7QuAz

#ManchesterCityCouncil #planning committee meeting was a disgrace.
Councillors failed to represent the enormous local opposition to this monolithic scheme.
They only celebrated 49 affordable homes (pitiful against the actual need which won't be met by private sector developers…

Go-ahead for 260 homes at former Chorlton shopping centre
Ten storey block to replace ageing Manchester suburb shopping precinct

Walmart Precision Bombing
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNJlzKWSKob/

Friday Jan 23
Ice Out
No Work
No School
No Shopping
https://bsky.app/profile/4loveofwisdom.bsky.social/post/3mczpk6h7722n

Mit KI produktbezogen einkaufen
https://stohl.de/wordpress/?p=192468

Mit KI produktbezogen einkaufen
Ziel ist es, Online-Shopping persönlicher und angenehmer zu gestalten, statt Nutzer durch endlose Produktlisten zu klicken: Perplexity startet KI-Shopping mit PayPal-Bezahlung. Also die KI kauft ni…

Nova Scotian mall insists giant tree will only eat “3 to 4 kids, max” this Christmas
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2021/12/nova-scotian-mall-insists-giant-tree-will-only-eat-3-to-4-kids-max-this-christmas/

Nova Scotian mall insists giant tree will only eat "3 to 4 kids, max" this Christmas
DARTMOUTH, NS - With international media picking up the story of “the creepiest Christmas tree of 2021”, administrators at Mic Mac Mall have assured shoppers that Woody will consume no more than 4 children this holiday shopping season.

ICE Is Going On A Surveillance Shopping Spree | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/14/ice-is-going-on-a-surveillance-shopping-spree/

Should Cowboys lean on draft or free agency to fix CB, DE issues? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/25/2026-nfl-draft-free-agency-dallas-cowboys-shopping/88348816007/

How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade
#EU #CBAM #CO2

It's worth supporting this - Given the way these companies either actively support, or, at best, have acquiesced to the demands of the #bigots, they need to be shown that keeping customers is more than just a matter of shopping convenience - #Respect for all, and working to remove barriers affecting dis…

It's worth supporting this - Given the way these companies either actively support, or, at best, have acquiesced to the demands of the #bigots, they need to be shown that keeping customers is more than just a matter of shopping convenience - #Respect for all, and working to remove barriers affecting dis…

OpenAI unveils a free shopping research feature in ChatGPT that delivers a personalized buyer's guide, powered by a custom version of GPT-5 mini (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpts-new-shopping-resear…

ChatGPT's new shopping research tool is fast, fun, and free - but can it out-shop me?
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, OpenAI has introduced a new tool that it hopes will help you find just what you're looking for.

#uspol

Zuckerberg kündigt neue KI-Modelle und Produkte an
Shopping, Agenten, neue KI-Modelle: Zuckerberg setzt im neuen Jahr auf Funktionen, die auf "persönlichen Erfahrungen" beruhen.
https://www.

Un Momento 🕰️
一瞬 🕰️
📷 Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Black Friday: Zubehör für Apple-Nutzer
Die schwarze Shopping-Woche ist in vollem Gange. Auch für Nutzer von Apple-Produkten gibt es jede Menge verbilligte Peripherie. Einige gute Deals.
https://www.he…

Erfolgreiches Shopping in der #Pfalz, ein neues Schorleglas 😆#Dubbeglas 🍷

I spent much of today cleaning my office. It's amazing how messy it gets due to ongoing projects (my own and client projects) and so much paper. I was saving a lot of it for paper making but I've still got plenty of pulp in the fridge to use.
On Friday, the plan is no shopping, just cleaning the basement getting rid of cruft, maybe finding some things to donate or give away if possible.

Black Friday 2025 deals on Las Vegas Raiders gift ideas https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/shopping/2025/11/25/black-friday-deals-las-vegas-raiders-gifts/87411269007/

Good Morning #Canada
Are you still looking for that perfect Christmas gift? Years ago I found myself shopping for my wife's Christmas present on December 23rd. Never again. For those of you still shopping it's inevitable that you're going to be standing in front of the Gift Card rack and mentally convincing yourself that the recipient will love a full gas tank or a Timmies coffee and donut. Canadians will buy close to $12 billion in Gift Cards in 2025, with a lot of that in the next 5 days. Recent changes to legislation have made it illegal to charge processing or activation fees on cards purchased with cash and there is no expiry date. That last point is important because companies are betting that a certain percentage of cards are never redeemed and it's estimated that approximately 40% of all cards are never used. I personally like getting a gift card as it allows me to choose something I want, and I always thank the gifter once I've used it.
#CanadaIsAwesome #GiftCards
YES, I love giving and receiving Gift Cards
NO, I'm not happy when I have to buy or get a Gift Card

"S.F.’s Union Square comeback is taking shape — despite two major question marks"
Somehow neither of them is the complete lack of bike parking anywhere near the block-wide 7-story Macy's. Biking to and around Union Square sucks.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/…

If you play country music non-stop while shopping in your store or a guest of your restaurant/facility... there's about a 0% chance I'm going to spending a whole lotta time or money in your establishment.
Goes for everyone but right now, I'm especially talking to you, #TopGolf.

Fridays for Future – and six days a week for capitalism:
• Saturdays for Shopping
• Sundays for Syndicates
• Mondays for Money
• Tuesdays for Transactions
• Wednesdays for Whatever the Boss wants
• Thursdays for Thieving

Anyone here has any experience with a ToDo/Shopping list one can
- self host
- has an Android app
- allows sharing lists between users
?
(I have already googled, only interested in actual experience)
(EDIT: I am asking for an app because I want to be usable by another person who's not looking for an ideological project or an opportunity to learn markdown or how weird PWAs work. That's why a dedicated app would be a plus. )

Living in a capitalist society makes me simultaneously hate and understand some things.
Back when the Sunday shopping ban was set in Poland by one of the right-wing parties (with some exceptions for petty capitalists, of course), I was outraged. Why are they forcing their religious customs on me?! But nowadays, I do realize that in a capitalist society, where employment laws are full of loopholes and employers explicitly punish employees for taking a day off, an obligatory no-business day is the only way.
On top of that, after living next to a supermarket for a few years… this is literally the only way to have a quiet day, without cars driving, and car doors slamming all the time. And of course night time deliveries, because you obviously can't lose day's business over such things.
And what I hate even more are these multi-day holidays and long weekends, where suddenly all my routine falls apart, and I can't really enjoy holidays while the train timetable is randomly punctuated. But then, I do realize that obligatory multi-day holidays are the only way for many people to simultaneously have a day off and be able to meet their families and friends.
I'm not really compatible with the world I'm living in.
#AntiCapitalism #ActuallyAutistic

We were grocery shopping this morning and when got in the checkout line an old geezer (at least as old as us anyway) sidled up and asked if we’d mind if he payed for our groceries. We said we appreciated his offer, but that there were very likely other people who’d be better targets of his generosity. Another old woman was behind us so we suggested maybe she’d take him up on his offer. She did. He does this every day for a couple weeks this time of year. Just buying 1 person’s food.

😇 Religion/spirituality may protect against depression among young adult online gamers
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-religionspirituality-depression-young-adult-online.html

Religion/spirituality may protect against depression among young adult online gamers
Internet use is part of daily life for many people in work, social interaction, entertainment, shopping, and many other activities. Many people engage in online gaming to facilitate social connection, though the activity can also contribute to other internet activities that could increase symptoms of internet addiction and depression.

Somehow I must emit a signal identifying me as a person with helper syndrome. Was just on my way to grocery shopping and saw an old lady with her shopping trolley and a walking cane pausing in a passageway. I would walk past her but she spoke up and asked whether I could help her drag her trolley a bit.
Of course I could. I helped her get home safe and carried her trolley all the way to her door.
What always puzzles me is, why do people ask me? There were plenty of other people…

Now officially shopping for an organization, ideally in Canada but absolutely out of US jurisdiction (Europe OK), to provide Web & DNS support. We have a few mostly-dormant WordPress blogs and static sites, a bunch of identity-supporting DNS records, and that's about it. Nothing very high-traffic, should be an easy ask. Would prefer something that demonstrates resilience and stability by having been around a few years.

I must reluctantly admit that I did not properly prepare for this weather. I did a quick grocery shopping Thursday and thought, "The weather is only supposed to be treacherous Saturday and Sunday", and I purchased with that in mind.
I did not factor in the stretch of cold temps and how long it would take for the ice to melt before it becomes safe to leave the house.
My driveway is a sheet of ice and the only salt I have is Kosher. Thankfully, I have cereal and milk. S…

Perplexity plans to roll out a free agentic shopping product for US users next week in partnership with PayPal (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/perplexity-ai-online-shopping-paypal.html

Perplexity AI announces free product to streamline online shopping
Perplexity AI announced it will roll out a free agentic shopping product for U.S. users next week

Fui para o shopping hoje só para fugir do calor. Ontem o calor estava tão intenso que meu ar condicionado não estava dando vazão. 🥵

Ignoring the clickbaity title and going shopping for carrots, parsley, and hopefully turmeric ->
I’ll be making this Black Lentil Soup all winter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrV5fLZpCQA

Snapchat launches the Winter Village, a shoppable AR experience that includes Chopard, Lancome, and Boss virtual shops, available through December 31 (Jessica Hammers/Marketing Dive)
https://www.marketingdive.com/news/boss-lancome-op…

Boss, Lancôme open virtual boutiques with Snapchat’s shoppable AR
Chopard and other luxury brands are featured in the Snapchat Winter Village, a digital activation meant to mimic the in-person shopping experience.

... Shopping local is the right thing to do, but it is soooooo much less convenient.

I rarely make electronic shopping lists, so I only discovered today that the Notes app has a handy feature that converts kilograms into tons. Even when using the comma as decimal separator! It doesn’t recognize “dl” (customary in Switzerland), though, and come to think of it, it has none of the features demoed by Doug Engelbart in 1968.

I rarely make electronic shopping lists, so I only discovered today that the Notes app has a handy feature that converts kilograms into tons. Even when using the comma as decimal separator! It doesn’t recognize “dl” (customary in Switzerland), though, and come to think of it, it has none of the features demoed by Doug Engelbart in 1968.

Universal Commerce Protocol: Neuer Standard für Online-Shopping
Google, Shopify und weitere haben einen neuen Standard entwickelt, der es KI-Agenten erleichtern soll, auf Einkaufstour zu gehen.
https://www.<…

https://t3n.de/news/der-black-friday-ist-tot-warum-die-rabattschlacht-ad-absurdum-gefuehrt-wurde-1719482/
Hat nun Vernunft bei den Konsumenten stattgefunden, oder waren die Freitag-Schwarzwochen schlicht übertrieben und abs…

Der Black Friday ist tot! Warum die Rabattschlacht ad absurdum geführt wurde | t3n
Der Black Friday ist vorbei. Aber braucht man den eigentlich noch? Denn das, was einst als großer Shopping-Tag begann, wirkt zunehmend wie ein entgleistes Ritual, dessen ursprüngliche Idee kaum noch erkennbar ist. Vieles war dieses Jahr zum Freitag nach dem US-amerikanischen Thanksgiving anders – oder vielleicht waren es auch nur die Umstände, die gezeigt haben, […]

More and more people calling for a US General Strike (no work, no school, no shopping) on Friday, January 23rd.
Might want to put it in your calendar.

How much do you spend on groceries per week?
Apparently, I spend just over 200GBP a week. That's just for 3 people... I clearly need to rethink my shopping habits 🫢

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11-30/national/socialAffairs/Coupang-data-breach-affecting-virtually-every-user-draws-apology-from-CEO/2466421
Korea continue…

Coupang data breach affecting virtually every user draws apology from CEO
A major vulnerability in the database of popular online shopping platform Coupang allowed an intruder to access the personal information of more than 30 million users without a valid login, with CEO Park Dae-joon offering an apology to the public.

Awesome
#StarWars

Whelp - I made it through Whamageddon unscathed for the first time ever (mainly by almost never leaving the house and definitely never setting foot in a shopping mall).
Nevertheless, someone tried to spend about $5k at a Hungarian travel agent using my credit card at midnight last night. So it'll be EFTPOS for a while until they send me a new card.
#yulebesorry

#caturday

Brands complain Amazon's "Buy for Me" AI-powered shopping tool features their products on Amazon without permission and shows descriptions with errors (Allison Smith/Modern Retail)
https://www.modernretail.co/technology/bra

Brands are upset that ‘Buy For Me’ is featuring their products on Amazon without permission
Online merchants say Amazon’s “Buy for Me” AI tool listed their products without permission, forcing them to opt out after the fact.

Black Friday 2025 bei Apple: MacBooks, Mac mini und AirPods auf Preistiefstand
MacBook Air, MacBook Pro M5 und Mac mini sind aktuell zu ungewöhnlich niedrigen Preisen zu finden – abseits von Apples kommendem Shopping-Event.

Monday Night Football and the Manningcast are on Sling, how to watch tonight https://www.usatoday.com/story/shopping/2025/11/17/watch-monday-night-football-cowboys-vs-raiders-sling/87274011007/

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/amazon-faces-a-dilemma-fight…

Amazon faces 'leader's dilemma' — fight AI shopping bots or join them
Agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and Perplexity's Instant Buy threaten to reshape the e-commerce landscape.

Trump kept up his hard-edge attacks on immigrants -- lines that got the loudest cheers of the night.
At one point, he raised the specter of immigrants who may
“blow up our shopping centers, blow up our farms, kill people.”
❌He also falsely portrayed the vast majority of those detained by ICE in Minnesota and elsewhere as hardened criminals -- asserting that once those people were removed, crime would be nearly eliminated.
On Capitol Hill Tuesday, 🔥the top three House…

Trump Suggests He Will ‘De-Escalate’ in Minneapolis, Without Offering Details
President Trump continued to put the blame on Alex Pretti for legally carrying a weapon with a permit, saying, “You can’t walk in with guns.”

How to buy LA Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders Week 13 NFL tickets https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/shopping/2025/11/25/how-to-buy-los-angeles-chargers-vs-las-vegas-raiders-nfl-tickets/87400337007/<…

"The hidden cost of over-shopping"
#Shopping #Retail #Climate #ClimateChange

The hidden cost of over-shopping
Overconsumption can lead to overspending – and harm to the climate.

I need TP for my bunghole. On the shopping list it goes!

Black Friday: Vergünstigungen für macOS-Nutzer
Zum diesjährigen vorweihnachtlichen Shopping-Tag sind auch wieder diverse Mac-Softwaretitel für weniger zu haben. Ein Überblick.
https://www.heise…

How to buy Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles NFL football tickets, Week 12 https://www.usatoday.com/story/shopping/2025/11/17/buy-dallas-cowboys-vs-philadelphia-eagles-nfl-football-tickets-week-12/873192020…

Minnesotans strike to protest ICE surge in state: 'No work, no school, no shopping' (Michael Sainato/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice-protests
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p42#a260123p42

Source: livestream shopping app Whatnot nears ~$1B in revenue for 2025; Whatnot says it has passed $6B in gross sales this year, more than doubling 2024's sales (Ann Gehan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/live…

Livestream Shopping App Whatnot Nears $1 Billion in 2025 Revenue
Livestream shopping app Whatnot is targeting close to $1 billion in revenue for 2025, according to a person with knowledge of the company’s finances. The six-year-old company has quietly grown into one of e-commerce’s hottest companies, raising more than $500 million in new funding this year and boosting its valuation to $11.5 billion. Whatnot originally started as a place for collectors of Funko

Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached $10B in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from $5B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/business/media/tiktok-shop-black-frida…

Faux Jewels and Slimming Belts: Why Shopping on TikTok Is a Lot Like QVC
The popular app’s online marketplace is growing rapidly in the United States, driven by TikTok’s popularity and influencer advertisements that look a lot like TV infomercials.

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A look at Amazon's and Walmart's differing approaches to agentic AI shopping; Similarweb: Walmart doubled its share of AI referrals in the US to 32.5% in 2025 (Financial Times)

Alibaba links Qwen to its online shopping and travel services, including Taobao, Alipay, Fliggy, and Amap, aiming to build a one-stop AI app for its 100M users (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…

In Meta's Q4 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg says it plans to start shipping new models and products throughout 2026 and hints at "agentic shopping tools" (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/zuck…

Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 | TechCrunch
Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be "a big year for delivering personal super intelligence."

Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached $10B in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from $5B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/business/media/tiktok-shop-black-frida…

Faux Jewels and Slimming Belts: Why Shopping on TikTok Is a Lot Like QVC
The popular app’s online marketplace is growing rapidly in the United States, driven by TikTok’s popularity and influencer advertisements that look a lot like TV infomercials.

Walmart partners with Google to offer AI-enhanced shopping, allowing users to purchase Walmart and Sam's Club items directly on Gemini (Jaewon Kang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-11/walmart-team…

Meta's win over the US FTC may mean Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others can resume buying startups to stay ahead of the pack, after a slowdown under Lina Khan (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/technology/meta-ruling-silicon-valley…

Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping
To avoid regulatory scrutiny, big tech companies had steered clear of buying start-ups outright. Meta’s antitrust win may change that thinking.

Circana: US game console spending fell 27% in November to $695M, the lowest in the pivotal month for holiday shopping since 2005, after a tough year for makers (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

US Game Console Sales Crater in Worst November in Two Decades
US spending on video game consoles fell 27% last month, marking the worst November in two decades as tariffs and rising component costs pushed prices to record highs.