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The three biggest agentic commerce trends from NRF 2026

Maia Josebachvili Chief Revenue Officer, AI
Barbara O’Beirne Head of Global Enterprise Business Development
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Not only are the majority of retailers actively implementing, or have plans to implement, agentic commerce, but many are also moving to a more tactical phase of optimizing their setup—refining their product catalog strategy to launch faster and investing in their own agentic shopping experiences in addition to integrating with third-party agents.

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Building for the next wave of app monetization

Tim Fisher Product, Optimized Checkout Suite
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Last week, Google announced that Android apps selling digital goods to US customers can now process in-app payments using third-party payment providers. Many customers have turned to Stripe to handle in-app purchases by using multiple products: Stripe Managed Payments, Optimized Checkout Suite, and Stripe Billing. Here’s a closer look at our solutions for app developers.

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