Every week we handpick and publish a list of new products and services from vendors to ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on agentic commerce, product customizations, embedded checkout, ecommerce search, reverse logistics, fulfillment, warehouse automation, and AI-powered merchandising.
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New Tools for Merchants
Miva adds merchandising to its AI-powered product recommendations tool. Miva, a pioneering ecommerce platform, has launched dynamic merchandising for its new Vexture AI product search, discovery, and merchandising tool. The added feature utilizes natural language prompts and contextual AI intelligence to automate manual merchandising, providing businesses with more personalized product recommendations that drive sales, according to Miva. Merchants describe their strategy in plain English and instantly generate tailored, AI-powered recommendations across the entire catalog.
Miva
Rezolve AI launches visual search for conversational commerce. Rezolve AI, a developer of commerce solutions and a strategic partner of Microsoft and Google, has launched Visual Search, allowing consumers to upload a photo of an item and search across a retailer’s Rezolve-enabled catalog. The tool leverages multimodal AI, including image and text understanding, to interpret complex attributes and presents results with contextual prompts, suggestions, and natural-language dialogue.
Pinterest launches where-to-buy links. Pinterest‘s new where-to-buy links make standard image ads shoppable by surfacing multiple in-stock retailer options for a single product. Brands can add where-to-buy links through MikMak. Alternatively, they can use the free native option, powered by Pear Commerce, to build and launch where-to-buy ads within Pinterest Ads Manager.
Fortis and BigCommerce announce payments partnership to simplify checkout. Fortis, a provider of embedded payments and commerce technology, has partnered with BigCommerce. BigCommerce customers (including mid-market B2B sellers, distributors, service-based businesses, and developers) gain access to Fortis’ embedded payments technology. The solution enables real-time transactions, simplifies reconciliation, and provides next-day funding, while eliminating the need for third-party gateways and fragmented systems. This partnership enhances checkout conversion, optimizes operational efficiency, and fosters sustainable growth at scale, according to Fortis.
Fortis
AI-powered product options app SectionlyAI launches on Shopify. SectionlyAI has launched as an AI-powered app on Shopify to generate and manage product customization. The app handles configurations, from basic options to complex, as well as multi-dimensional pricing combinations, via advanced natural language processing technology. Merchants can describe their requirements in plain language, and the AI will intelligently generate configuration options, conditional logic, and flexible pricing rules.
Spara launches AI platform with $15 million for sales and marketing pipelines. Spara, an enterprise-grade platform for voice, email, and chat AI agents to engage, qualify, and convert leads to revenue, has launched with $15 million in seed funding. The round was led by Radical Ventures and Inspired Capital, with participation from XYZ Ventures, FJ Labs, and Remarkable Ventures. According to Spara, the funding will fuel team expansion, product development, and advancements in machine learning.
Firmly.ai and CJ partner on native commerce for publishers and merchants. Firmly.ai, a provider of agentic commerce for checkout infrastructure, and CJ, an affiliate marketing platform, have announced a collaboration. The integration creates a native checkout solution for CJ’s merchant partners, keeping the consumer within a platform, without requiring any technical implementation, while CJ publishers can transform content into shopping experiences.
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Unilog partners with HawkSearch on ecommerce search. Bridgeline Digital, a provider of AI-powered marketing technology, announced that its HawkSearch platform has joined Unilog’s tech partner ecosystem to power advanced search as an add-on option for the CX1 ecommerce platform. With the HawkSearch integration, Unilog customers can enhance their digital storefronts with AI-assisted search tailored to complex catalogs and buyer behaviors, improving product discovery and engagement.
Criteo and Google integrate for retail media. Criteo, an advertising network, has integrated with Google Search Ads 360 for retail media. Through the partnership, Criteo’s network of over 200 retailers can opt in to receiving ads from the Google Search Ads 360 platform, while advertisers receive a clear view into how their spend drives incremental impact.
Kibo Commerce launches enhancements in reverse logistics, B2B, and AI agents. Kibo Commerce, a composable commerce platform, has launched over 60 enhancements. Kibo’s new reverse logistics functionality empowers brands to control post-purchase operations, including intelligent return routing and custom return rules. Additionally, Kibo has strengthened its order management system and B2B capabilities with features such as order prioritization, purchase limits, estimated delivery dates, and rule-based inventory management.
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Ordoro and DropStream partner on 3PL fulfillment for ecommerce merchants. Ordoro, a provider of ecommerce logistics and inventory management, is partnering with DropStream, a fulfillment platform that helps merchants simplify back-end operations and connect with third-party logistics providers. This collaboration merges Ordoro’s centralized order and inventory tools with DropStream’s integration platform to create a fulfillment workflow for brands. Merchants can automate post-purchase operations and route orders by location, inventory, shipping speed, or custom business logic.
Exotec and E80 Group partner on end-to-end warehouse automation. Exotec, a warehouse robotics provider, and E80 Group, a provider of automated and integrated logistics tools, have partnered on a joint solution design that integrates Exotec’s Skypod AS/RS with E80 Group’s suite of pallet handling systems. According to the companies, the collaboration enables customers to unify case and pallet handling within a single, scalable warehouse automation ecosystem.
Quack raises $7 million for customer experience with AI agents. Quack, an agentic AI platform for customer support, has raised $7 million in seed funding led by Hanaco Ventures and Storytime Capital, with participation from Fusion VC, Savyon Ventures, Seed IL, and private investors. According to Quack, the new capital will accelerate its U.S. go-to-market strategy and product development to advance its operating system for training and managing proactive AI agents.
Quack