Google and Shopify Join Forces There's no question that Amazon's continued strength in e-commerce has had a drastic negative impact on small-sized retailers with which it is in direct competition.

Amazon, Shopify and other marketplaces have been spotted by tech experts embedding code to keep out AI agents from Anthropic, Google, Perplexity and OpenAI.

Shopify (SHOP) is expanding its checkout solution Shop Pay's availability to merchants doing business on Facebook, Instagram and Google irrespective of whether they use Shopify's online store.