The holiday season is the happiest and riskiest time of year to be online. As millions of us gear up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, scammers do the same. Every year, they target holiday ...

As the holiday gift-giving season kicks off, many Americans are wary of online scams. The vast majority of U.S. adults (85%) say online scams and attacks are a problem on shopping sites and apps, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Consumers spent record amounts online on Black Friday, but ...

Preliminary Black Friday sales data won't start coming in until later in the day on Black Friday or the day after, but reports of Thanksgiving sales are showing strong spending. Sales figures from at ...

As autonomous agents start handling tasks like comparing products, making purchases, and communicating with online stores, it ...

Phia's browser extension has been found to collect extensive user data, raising privacy concerns. According to a report by Fortune, Phia has been found collecting extensive user data through its ...

NEW YORK, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Big retailers traditionally spend millions on attracting eyeballs for the holiday season. Now, they're looking to get noticed by something else - AI agents. Most of this ...

With holiday shopping on the horizon, OpenAI and Perplexity both announced AI shopping features this week, which integrate into their existing chatbots to help users research potential purchases. The ...

High-income consumers keep spending like they’ve never heard of this affordability crisis people keep talking about. But middle- and lower-income folks, despite declaring that they’re fed up with ...

The supreme shopping weekend is almost here. A record 186.9 million people are planning to shop in stores and online between Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday in 2025, up from the previous year's ...

The average online shopper in the U.S. spends over $5,300 annually, according to a study by Insider Intelligence, so if you're not using the right credit card for your purchases, you're potentially ...