By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. With Walmart at the forefront, retailers are busy deploying AI tools to help shoppers fill their online carts this holiday season. So, who might be going Christmas shopping with you in the weeks ahead? Will it be Rufus, Amazon’s generative AI-powered shopping assistant who was introduced to the […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Another Amazon Prime Day meant another record spend on the much-anticipated, mid-July event: Consumers in the United States spent $14.2 billion over the sale’s two days this year, up from the $12.7 billion they spent online a year ago. Often foreseen as a harbinger of how well holiday […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. A new year, new artificial intelligence tools for shoppers: That seems to be the theme for early 2024 as big retailers continue to roll out new AI-based products. Walmart chose the bright lights of Las Vegas — specifically the Consumer Electronics Show in early January — as the […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. It’s Prime Day eve, and e-commerce experts are watching closely to see how Amazon’s premier event performs as it returns to a more traditional, mid-July date. Scheduled during such months as October and June in recent years, mostly because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Amazon Prime Day […]