The Most Thoughtful Gift You Get This Holiday May Have Been Picked by a Chatbot
AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are expected to play a much bigger role in holiday shopping this year. Traffic to U.S. retail sites coming from AI platforms is expected to rise 130% year over year this holiday season, according to Adobe’s annual online shopping forecast. The forecast covers online spending from Nov.
- ▪AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are expected to play a much bigger role in holiday shopping this year.
- ▪Traffic to U.S. retail sites coming from AI platforms is expected to rise 130% year over year this holiday season, according to Adobe’s annual online shopping forecast.
- ▪The forecast covers online spending from Nov.
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| Publication time | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:25:50 +0000 |
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AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are expected to play a much bigger role in holiday shopping this year. Traffic to U.S. retail sites coming from AI platforms is expected to rise 130% year over year this holiday season, according to Adobe’s annual online shopping forecast. The forecast covers online spending from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 and is based on Adobe Analytics data from more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail sites. Overall, Adobe projects U.S. online holiday sales will rise 6.7% year over year to a record $275.1 billion. Cyber Monday is once again expected to be the biggest online shopping day, with spending projected to surpass $15 billion in a single day.
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