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Target is the first mass retailer with AI shopping across Google, Microsoft Copilot, and OpenAI's ChatGPT, and has deployed ChatGPT Enterprise to 18,000 employees at its Minneapolis headquarters.
AI-powered recommendations now give brands a 2-to-1 purchase advantage, and U.S. ecommerce driven through AI platforms is projected to hit $20 billion in 2026, according to Similarweb's State of Ecommerce 2026 report.
AI-driven personalization is behind 45% of all online conversions in 2026, and retailers using AI generate 40% more revenue than those that don't — a compounding gap that is getting harder to close.
Amazon's AI shopping assistant Rufus has crossed 250 million users — and sellers who haven't adapted for AI-powered discovery face a structural disadvantage heading into Prime Day 2026.
7-Eleven Japan's decade of AI inventory management and store-level demand forecasting has produced a measurable competitive advantage that global retail chains are now studying as a deployable blueprint.
Dick's Sporting Goods is deploying an AI advisor called Coach that answers training questions, recommends products, and tracks fitness progress — blurring the line between coaching and retail in a way previous chatbots haven't.
Google released an open standard for AI agents to browse and buy across retailer inventory — a structural bid to become the connective layer of agentic commerce.
OTB Group — parent to Diesel, Maison Margiela, and Marni — has launched AI-powered virtual try-on using Google Cloud, becoming one of the most prominent luxury fashion deployments of generative AI personalization.
Physical retail has crossed a threshold: AI is running inventory, guiding staff, and deterring theft at commercial scale — six deployments already generating returns.
Almost every retailer is building toward AI-powered agentic commerce. Only half of consumers are comfortable with autonomous purchasing agents. That gap is retail's defining challenge in 2026.
Adobe Digital Insights data shows AI-driven visits to U.S. retail sites surged 393% year-over-year in Q1 2026, with AI-referred shoppers converting 42% better — marking the emergence of agentic commerce at scale.
Global retail AI reached $18.4 billion in 2026, with 90% of retailers increasing AI budgets. Inventory forecasting leads spend as AI-driven personalization lifts order values by up to 369%.
Retail AI is moving from backend inventory systems onto the physical sales floor, with store associates using real-time AI tools to make personalized product recommendations during the sale.
AI startups are attacking retail's margin problem with virtual try-on, inventory optimization, and personalization engines. The AI-in-retail market has hit $18.4 billion, with nearly 90% of retailers now deploying AI.
AI virtual try-on platforms hit mainstream deployment through Shopify integration, a Google search rollout on April 30, and luxury brand Amiri adoption—targeting the $849.9 billion in returned merchandise from 2025.