The Financial Espresso: MELI & AI; Amazon Now; B3‘s competition; Desenrola; Insurance for app drivers; BRB; Argentina & IMF

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The Financial Espresso: MELI & AI; Amazon Now; B3‘s competition; Desenrola; Insurance for app drivers; BRB; Argentina & IMF

Global Research

10 July 2026ab

The Financial Espresso Equities

Latin AmericaMELI & AI; Amazon Now; B3's competition;

Desenrola; Insurance for app drivers; BRB; Financial

Argentina & IMF KaioAnalystPrato

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Retailers use AI to predict demand and speed up deliveries Thiago Batista, CFA

Analyst

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complete purchases before moving goods, companies such as Mercado Livre,

Camila Azevedo

Amazon, Magazine Luiza, and Shopee are using AI models to forecast demand, pre-

Associate Analyst

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shorten delivery times. Mr. Luiz Vergueiro, senior director of logistics at Mercado +55-11-2767 6881

Livre, said artificial intelligence already guides the company’s key logistics

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decisions. The models assess sales history, consumer behavior, and regional

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distribution centers, which are used for order picking, product movement, and

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