Customer Journey stories
Nearly half of US Back-to-School buys are gifts, as Adlook says choices are often fixed weeks before parents reach checkout.
As AI recommendations shape shopping, 63% of US consumers say they would switch brands for a better offer, Amperity found.
Most geofenced food sales are additive revenue, with convenience stores also seeing bigger baskets and more frequent visits from app users.
Marketers are increasingly worried that AI answer engines are shaping first impressions before customers reach their websites.
It could cut customer service AI deployment from weeks to hours, while keeping human approval and oversight before agents go live.
Merchants could cut fraud, dispute and integration delays as Forter opens early access to tools that work inside ChatGPT and Claude.
Despite heavy use of AI tools, fewer than 10% of firms have scaled them across marketing, leaving billions in potential gains unrealised.
Most marketers still miss growth because insights rarely turn into timely action, leaving customer decisions slow and fragmented.
Marketers are getting a new tool as AI answer engines increasingly shape which brands customers see, compare and shortlist first.
Brands can now adjust media spend mid-campaign as InMarket's beta platform feeds AI and human teams store-visit and purchase data in flight.
Customer service teams can now build and monitor AI agents more easily, with Zoom adding testing, quality controls and outcome-based pricing.
The Brisbane agency's recognition boosts Australia's profile in Umbraco's global partner network as it expands across APAC.
The Croatian group's climb into Fortune's top 25 highlights its growing AI push and puts it ahead of 51 rivals from last year's ranking.
Businesses risk fading from AI answers unless they build structured pages, schema and discovery files that crawlers can easily read.
Tourism operators could capture more bookings as an AI receptionist now answers missed calls, checks availability and takes payments automatically.
The new role signals 3PL's push to improve service and align staff, systems and technology as competition in fulfilment intensifies.
Fraud losses could fall if banks, merchants and regulators align on earlier intervention, Ecommpay says in a new report.
UK regulated firms are rethinking customer service as AI cuts routine work and pushes more complex queries back to human teams.
Strained household budgets and rising use of AI search are forcing brands to offer clearer value if they want Australians to stay loyal.
Existing customers will see no change as the renamed group broadens its role in connecting car finance, retail and compliance systems.