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    Commerce

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    2 receipts on Commerce

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    RECEIPT #ARI-PA

    JUN 04, 2024

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Ari Paparo
    I’m here to tell you this is not happening anytime soon.” ... “The idea that autonomous agents will replace most consumer shopping in the next few years is a fantasy. It misunderstands how people shop, how incentives work in advertising, and how slowly behavior actually changes.” ... “But agentic commerce becoming the dominant way people buy things is, at best, a very long‑term story – decades, not years.

    FOLLOW-UP

    Between mid-2024 and early 2026, AI shopping agents have not become a primary or dominant mode of commerce, consistent with Paparo's prediction that it would not happen anytime soon.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    Marketecture News

    RECEIPT #ANTHON

    AUG 10, 2022

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Anthony Vargas
    Retail media networks are going to eat search budgets faster than CTV ate TV — every retailer with a loyalty program is now an ad seller.

    FOLLOW-UP

    Validated: RMN spend hit ~$55B by 2024 (eMarketer), Walmart Connect, Kroger Precision, Target Roundel all crossed $1B+ in ad revenue, dozens of mid-market retailers launched networks.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    AdExchanger