{"id":20671,"date":"2025-09-22T06:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T06:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uxmag.com\/?p=20671"},"modified":"2025-09-22T06:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T06:52:30","slug":"the-power-of-agentic-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uxmag.com\/articles\/the-power-of-agentic-commerce","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Agentic Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Commerce is on the brink of profound change, and PayPal and Google\u2019s recent announcement of a multiyear strategic partnership to advance various commerce solutions is evidence of that. 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