AI HELPS DRIVE RECORD $11.8 BILLION IN BLACK FRIDAY ONLINE SPEAKING
- NEWS Desk Global
- 13 hours ago
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AI-powered shopping tools helped drive a surge in U.S. online spending on Black Friday, as shoppers bypassed crowded stores and turned to chatbots to compare prices and secure discounts amid concerns about tariff-driven price hikes.
U.S. shoppers spent a record $11.8 billion online, up 9.1% from 2024 on the year's biggest shopping day, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks 1 trillion visits that shoppers make to online retail websites.