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Shopify Just Told Merchants to Activate Their "Agentic Storefront." Most Aren't Ready.
Shopify quietly rolled out what might be the most consequential feature in its history: the Agentic Storefront. It connects your product catalog directly to ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, letting AI agents browse your products, check inventory, and surface recommendations to consumers in real time. The toggle is sitting in every merchant's Shopify Admin right now. Almost nobody has turned it on. Shopify president Harley Finkelstein said at a recent investor conference
Meta Joins the AI Shopping Race. That Makes Five Platforms Retailers Need to Feed.
Bloomberg reported on March 3 that Meta is testing an AI-powered shopping research tool inside Meta AI. The feature shows product carousels with pricing, brand information, and links to merchant websites. No native checkout - just referral links, similar to how Google Shopping has worked for years. Forrester analyst Sucharita Kodali called it "a copycat move," and she's right. But that doesn't make it irrelevant. Count the major AI shopping surfaces retailers now need to think about: ChatGPT,
The Week AI Shopping Went Mainstream
Related: evolution from catalog to conversation Key finding: The week of February 17, 2026 marked agentic commerce going mainstream: Bloomberg declared the "age of agentic commerce," Harvard Business Review published an AI shopping strategy guide, Reddit launched AI product carousels, and Loblaw deployed AI checkout across 600+ Canadian stores. Last updated: February 26, 2026 The Week AI Shopping Went Mainstream There are weeks where nothing happens in retail, and then there are weeks wher