Southeast Asia consumer demand for AI shopping assistants continues to explode
81 percent of Southeast Asia consumers want AI to assist shopping decisions; AI tool usage in shopping queries surges, driving over 25 percent retail traffic growth and forcing ecommerce platforms to fully shift from traditional search to AI conversational and hyper-personalized recommendation business models.
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