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    RECEIPT #CORY-T

    NOV 04, 2020

    Partially right.

    PREDICTION BY

    Cory Treffiletti
    “My prediction for 2021 is that business will continue to go digital and retail stores will continue to change or shutter. I think retail may actually shrink in terms of individual footprint, and stores will become "way stations" for exchanges and appointment shopping. ... malls will have to cut individual stores in half, increase occupancy and look at more experiential ways to use the space.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Half right. Business did keep going digital - but the store-as-"way station" future never arrived. Five years on, e-commerce is still only 16.4% of US retail sales (US Census, full-year 2025), appointment shopping stayed a pandemic-era blip, and malls did not halve their stores. The physical store kept its place at the center of retail.

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    RECEIPT #ERIC-B

    JAN 01, 2024

    Partially right.

    PREDICTION BY

    Eric Brackmann
    “AI will change the way that shoppers find products. Tools like NLP-powered chatbots, visual search, and better recommendations will mean that in the future shoppers will be directed toward a smaller set of highly relevant products.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    AI tools for product discovery like chatbots and visual search gained traction. The complete shift to a 'smaller set of highly relevant products' is still ongoing amid hyper-personalization, indicating partial alignment.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    eConsultancy
    aigenerative-airetail