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Retail AI agent adoption 2026 report showing 4x conversion gap data from 329 ecommerce brands
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Retail AI Agent Adoption 2026: 88% Budget, 2% Deployed

PwC found 88% of executives plan to increase AI budgets because of agentic AI. Yet only 2% have deployed at scale. Alhena's 329-brand dataset reveals the 4x conversion gap between AI-assisted and unassisted shoppers, the real deployment barriers, and three 2027 predictions with tripwires.

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