
Australian Shoppers Trust AI Recommendations over In-Store Retail Staff
New consumer research reveals Australian buyers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence tools rather than floor staff for retail product guidance.
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New consumer research reveals Australian buyers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence tools rather than floor staff for retail product guidance.

Data reveals nearly 30 per cent of retail refunds miss merchant deadlines, while misplaced chat tools and premature dispatch alerts add friction to online checkout journeys.

Despite the rise of artificial intelligence, personal trust continues to be the most significant factor influencing consumer purchases in Southeast Asia’s US$219 billion market. Retailers are finding that human interaction and trusted relationships outweigh…

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today published its 2025 Annual Retail Report which highlights a rising momentum in AI adoption across APAC’s retail landscape. A poll of 41,000 consumers across 28 markets…

Retailers across the APAC region have had to quickly adapt to changing operating conditions over the previous two years, leading to many adopting new technologies and solutions to better serve customers across whichever touchpoints or platforms they prefer.…

B. by BANILA has opened a flagship store at COEX Mall in Starfield, Seoul, Korea. B. by BANILA flagship store, located on the first floor of the COEX Mall in Starfield, is the first concept store for Banilaco’s new make-up brand ‘B. by BANILA’. B. by BANILA…

DFS Group has opened its 167sq m wine and spirits duty free store at Singapore Changi Airport’s new Terminal 4. Featuring over 300 brands, Terminal 4 is the first terminal at Changi to offer a ‘walk-through’ retail concept, allowing DFS to introduce new…

Today’s highly competitive retail environment requires that retailers create compelling and unique customer experience (CX) allowing them to have a frictionless shopping experience across all the channels. The customer experience is not confined to a single…

Nokia has powered major updates to its Motive Customer eXperience Solutions (CXS) software portfolio, promising communications service providers with advanced machine learning capabilities to reduce costs and improve customer experiences. Nokia Motive Service…
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