Global Scans · Shopping · Weekly Summary

• [New] The airline industry is fast heading for a future where AI agents, not humans, decide which brands get booked - and carriers that fail to adapt are at risk of quietly disappearing from the digital shop window. The Register
• [New] By day 29 of the window for Americans to shop for Affordable Care Act plans in 2025, nearly 5.8 million people had picked one. WJXT News4JAX
• [New] Walmart has announced a new partnership with OpenAI that will start with allowing customers and members to soon shop with the US retail giant through ChatGPT using Instant Checkout. Retail Technology Innovation Hub
• [New] Amazon claims Perplexity's covert AI agents are in violation of computer fraud and abuse statutes, adding it may be putting the security of customer data at risk, does not allow users to shop for the best prices and allegedly misappropriated Prime membership benefits to users. Retail Dive
• [New] Rolls-Royce IntelligentEngine and Pratt & Whitney EngineWise Intelligence consume rich telemetry and maintenance histories, then forecast health, flag anomalies, and optimise shop visits (Rolls-Royce; Pratt & Whitney). FliegerFaust
• [New] Rolls-Royce's IntelligentEngine strategy links digital twins to live engine data so operators can predict health, protect time-on-wing, and plan shop visits around evidence rather than estimates (Rolls-Royce). FliegerFaust
• [New] Marshalls, Home Goods Opening New Stores Nationwide Soon - Bargain hunters will have new places to shop thanks to a rapid expansion by the discount retailers. Cheapism
• [New] Gen Z and millennials plan to shop with tighter budgets, shorter gift lists, and more creative cost-saving measures. CNBC
• [New] Virtually all online Canadians will look to ecommerce for gifts and holiday essentials in 2025, and 85% will 'shop Canadian'. Online Business Canada
• [New] 186.9 million people in the U.S. will shop at one point or another during the Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday period, which is 3.5 million more than last year. WWD
• [New] 45% of consumers now plan to shop before November, signaling a collective shift toward more deliberate purchasing. Forbes
• [New] 50% of British shoppers believe that environmental issues are a critical threat to humanity, with the potential to shape the way they shop. Yahoo Finance
• Accenture's annual Holiday Shopping Survey of more than 7,500 shoppers in 10 countries, conducted online between August and September in 2025, indicated that 77% will shop on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. WWD
• Consider that 81% of Americans now shop online, and the number of online shoppers is expected to reach 333.5 million by 2029. Burst Commerce
• Walmart's statement will resonate nationwide, as roughly 255 million people shop in its stores and online weekly around the world, and 90% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a Walmart. Forex Peace Army - Your Forex Trading Forum
• Nearly 187 million people are expected to shop over Thanksgiving weekend and holiday sales will hit $1 trillion for the first time. NACS Daily
• Whole Foods' incoming Brooklyn Daily shop will be the first in the city located outside of Manhattan. Grocery Dive
• TikTok Shop is expected to generate €35.66 billion in advertising revenue by 2026. ClickForest

Last updated: 15 December 2025