News Summary

• Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season.
• Salesforce estimated that AI would influence $73 billion, or 22%, of all global sales in one way or another from the Tuesday before Thanksgiving through Monday after the holiday.
• Despite the advancements, AI’s impact on holiday shopping will be “relatively limited” this year since not every shopping site has useful tools and not every shopper is willing to try them.