Shopify Sets AI Agent Boundaries, Grocery E-commerce Surges 30% & Tariff Inflation Hits Retailers

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In today's Retail Daily Minute:

• Shopify quietly sets boundaries for AI agents on merchant sites, blocking autonomous "buy-for-me" bots while directing legitimate integrators to use official Checkout Kit as the platform draws early lines around unregulated automation.
• Grocery e-commerce sales jump nearly 30% in June as delivery, pickup and ship-to-home all report gains of at least 25%, with Walmart's growing dominance serving as a wake-up call to traditional supermarkets.
• Tariff-driven inflation emerges as consumer prices rise 2.7% in June, with retailers like Walmart and Nike finally passing tariff costs to consumers after months of absorbing impacts on heavily imported categories.

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