Featuring Algolia Board Member Bernadette Nixon with David Clark, Chief Customer Officer at Frasers Group, and Jennifer Myers, Microsoft Shopping, to discuss how AI agents and adaptive commerce are reshaping retail
Algolia, the AI Search and Retrieval platform trusted by more than 18,000 businesses and millions of developers worldwide, today announced that Algolia Board Member, Bernadette Nixon, will speak at NRF 2026, which takes place in New York on January 11–13. She will be joined by retail technology experts David Clark, Chief Customer Officer at Frasers Group, and Jennifer Myers, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Microsoft Shopping.
The panel, titled “Beyond the website: Reinventing retail for AI-native shoppers”, will be presented on the Javits North, Level 4, ReturnPro Stage on January 12 at 1:45 p.m. ET.
The session will explore what the end of the traditional website storefront means for retailers and their customers. Panelists will examine the shift toward AI agents as trusted shopping companions that can shop on consumers’ behalf using text and voice prompts.
They will also discuss how retailers can take leadership in this next stage of commerce by building adaptive, multi-modal shopping experiences that integrate seamlessly across platforms, channels, and AI-powered interfaces.
“2025 tested retailers in very real ways, and as we head into 2026, the biggest challenge is no longer experimenting with AI—it’s turning it into measurable business impact. With thousands of retail leaders coming together in New York for three days of hands-on problem-solving and innovation, this transition will be front and center. I’m looking forward to this panel comprising David Clark, Jennifer Myers, and Bernadette Nixon at which they will dig into how retailers can move fast and win with AI by strengthening the ecommerce foundations they already have—so they’re ready for a new generation of AI-native shoppers.”