Customer Journey stories
Urgent discounts are failing to speed up purchases, with most shoppers consulting multiple sources and many abandoning baskets over shipping fees.
Shopify merchants will be able to surface independent feedback more easily as Trustpilot's app upgrade makes reviews part of the buying journey.
Retailers are turning to specialist search tools as the category grows, with Gartner valuing the market at USD $17.41 billion in 2025.
Streaming viewers can spend up to 10 minutes choosing what to watch, giving brands a rare chance to grab attention before the show starts.
Australian marketers are turning to agentic AI to keep pace with fragmented customer journeys and rising demand for personalised content.
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.
Banks and credit unions are using MANTL to speed up onboarding as deposits grow and branch staff save more than 1 million hours.
The move aims to help brands spot missed revenue and handle service queries from a single customer profile, rather than separate AI tools.
Most AI-discovered brands still face a trust test, as 79% of UK users check other sources before buying and only 4% would skip that step.
Most Britons still want to control the final purchase, with 65% uncomfortable letting AI buy on their behalf, Dentsu found.
Seasonal surges on WhatsApp are now being absorbed by AI, helping the florist cut costs 15% and keep replies to one minute.
Retailers now face daily trading risk as PCI DSS 4.0 turns payment compliance into a continuous operational requirement, not an annual audit.
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.
Nearly half of US Back-to-School buys are gifts, as Adlook says choices are often fixed weeks before parents reach checkout.
Strained household budgets and rising use of AI search are forcing brands to offer clearer value if they want Australians to stay loyal.