Target shoppers finally get an AI shopping assistant for the holidays
THE SO WHAT
Retail AI assistants are now table stakes for Q4—Target’s Ask Target joins Walmart and Amazon as the new front door to merchandising, promotions, and first-party data. If you own a consumer brand or marketplace, your product discovery and ad strategy need to assume an AI intermediary, not a human scrolling a grid.
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