Google’s pilot of in-conversation discounts and a new open commerce protocol marks a decisive step toward turning search and assistant replies into full shopping front-ends where discovery, incentives and checkout collapse into a single interaction. Background and overview
The past 18 months...
Google’s NRF keynote punctuated a turning point: the company rolled out the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and a new Direct Offers ad product, staking a claim that open standards — not single‑vendor lock‑in — should be the plumbing for the emerging age of agentic commerce. Background /...