by Mike Duff | Jun 16, 2026 | Retail Articles
Consumer Pulse Research from business services firm Accenture reveals 74% of participating consumers said they would let an AI agent handle routine tasks for them, while 32% said they are ready to hand over purchase decisions, and 9% are open to fully autonomous...
by Mike Duff | Oct 22, 2025 | Retail Articles
Shoppers plan to spend more money in the upcoming holiday season, but much of the cash outlay will be a response to higher prices, not higher confidence in personal finances, according to the Accenture 19th Annual Holiday Shopping Survey. As an uncertain macroeconomic...
by Mike Duff | Apr 28, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Consultant Accenture has launched the Metaverse Continuum as a business service to help clients explore the opportunities that virtual reality systems offer and debuted relevant trends based on its research. Accenture especially focused on four trends it identified:...
by Mike Duff | Jan 4, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
The $492 billion global social commerce industry is set to grow three times as fast as traditional e-commerce, reaching $1.2 trillion in sales by 2025, according to a new study by market research and business services provider Accenture. In the report Why Shopping’s...
by Peter Giannetti | Jun 28, 2021 | Featured News
A majority of consumers are reconsidering their values and basing purchasing decisions on factors besides price and quality, according to a report by Accenture. In the research report “Life Reimagined: Mapping the Motivations that Matter for Today’s Consumers,” based...
