Shopping Experiences Friday, November 13, 2026

Agentic checkout and payment rails go live across major retailers

Major retailers and payment networks launched agentic shopping assistants and tokenized payment protocols in 2025, enabling autonomous price tracking and automated purchases.

The numbers

9% Share of US online purchases managed by autonomous AI agents by 2030
USD 261 billion Projected spend from autonomous AI shopping agents in the US by 2030
GBP 29 billion Projected ecommerce spend driven by AI shopping assistants in the UK by 2030
40% UK consumers willing to delegate routine purchases to AI agents
4,700% Year-over-year growth in US retail traffic from generative-AI browsers

Sources

thepaypers.com

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