Article #1: From Convenience to Conversion

• From Convenience to Conversion

  • https://alphabridge.co/featured/everything-on-demand-the-growth-of-the-convenience-economy/

  • https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/consumer-trends-2024-convenience-premium

  • https://www.opensend.com/post/on-site-search-conversion-rate-statistics-ecommerce

  Modern Shoppers Pay More for Convenience

  • https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/state-of-consumer

  • https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/consumer-trends-2024-convenience-premium

  • https://alphabridge.co/featured/everything-on-demand-the-growth-of-the-convenience-economy/

  Friction is the Enemy of Conversion

  • https://www.opensend.com/post/on-site-search-conversion-rate-statistics-ecommerce

  The Power of Search: x2 Conversion

  • https://www.opensend.com/post/on-site-search-conversion-rate-statistics-ecommerce

  Why Buyers Willingly Pay for Seamlessness

  • https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/consumer-trends-2024-convenience-premium

  • https://esw.com/how-ecommerce-has-changed-consumer-behaviour/

  • https://alphabridge.co/featured/everything-on-demand-the-growth-of-the-convenience-economy/

  The Bottom Line

  • https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/consumer-trends-2024-convenience-premium

  • https://www.opensend.com/post/on-site-search-conversion-rate-statistics-ecommerce

  More for the curious mind:

  • https://www.edume.com/blog/customer-experience-statistics

  • https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/its-a-sunny-day-for-google-cloud/

  • https://www.ibtimes.com/cloud-search-lift-google-parent-quarterly-profit-3737791

  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/googlecloud/2021/11/11/search-abandonment-costs-retailers-heres-how-ai-can-help/

  • https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/07/23/2066640/0/en/New-E-Commerce-Research-Shows-2X-Conversion-Rates-for-Online-Retailers-That-Invest-in-Site-Search-and-Discovery.html

    https://www.ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/_laserfiche/publications/89344/ERR251_Summary.pdf?v=26688

  • https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/alphabet-q2-2025-slides-revenue-up-14-google-cloud-margin-nearly-doubles-93CH-4149192

  • https://seekingalpha.com/article/4790274-alphabet-overhype-in-ai-headwinds-non-search-revenue-share-increases

  • https://alphabridge.co/featured/everything-on-demand-the-growth-of-the-convenience-economy/

  • https://www.referralcandy.com/blog/science-cart-abandoned-emails

  • https://www.sitecore.com/explore/customers/big-lots/big-lots-increases-overall-site-revenue-by-25-percent

Article #2: In Search for the New Search

• https://useinsider.com/ai-retail-trends/

• https://searchanise.io/blog/site-search-trends/

• https://www.omnius.so/blog/ai-search-industry-report

• https://www.oncrawl.com/general-seo/revolutionizing-online-shopping-ai-search-agentic-intelligence/     

• https://www.valido.ai/en/generative-ai-search-impact-on-ecommerce-product-discovery/

• https://wizzy.ai/blog/the-future-of-e-commerce-how-ai-search-and-filters-are-shaping-online-retail/

• https://www.yotpo.com/blog/how-ai-is-changing-product-discovery-in-2025/

• https://www.publitas.com/blog/ai-shopping-changing-consumer-buying/

• https://www.finch.com/blog/4-ways-ai-is-changing-online-shopping-forever

• https://www.litium.com/blog/ai-in-e-commerce-the-future-of-online-shopping-experiences-is-changing

• https://www.earley.com/insights/impact-of-generative-ai-on-ecommerce-search

• https://voyado.com/resources/blog/machine-learning-future-of-online-shopping/

• https://blog.google/products/search/google-search-ai-mode-update/

• https://voyado.com/resources/blog/transform-your-e-commerce-with-ai-search-and-product-recommendations/

Article #3: Beyond Black Boxes

• https://www.prefixbox.com/blog/vector-search-the-future-of-e-commerce/

• https://www.meilisearch.com/blog/what-are-vector-embeddings

• https://milvus.io/ai-quick-reference/what-are-the-benefits-of-vector-search-in-fulltext-systems

• https://www.elastic.co/blog/why-technology-leaders-need-vector-search

• https://zilliz.com/learn/leveraging-vector-databases-for-next-level-ecommerce-personalization

• https://datos.live/blog/product-discovery-in-e-commerce-powered-by-vector-embeddings/    

• https://constructor.com/blog/extracting-ecommerce-search-intent-from-head-to-tail        

• https://www.coveo.com/blog/product-embeddings-conversion/   

• https://tech.instacart.com/how-instacart-uses-embeddings-to-improve-search-relevance-e569839c3c36

• https://www.xgen.ai/posts/no-more-zero-results

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.04833.pdf

• https://arxiv.org/html/2508.17744v1

• https://arxiv.org/html/2506.19743v1

Article #4: The Silent Revolution

• https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/shop-like-a-pro

• https://ecomposer.io/blogs/ecommerce/ai-in-ecommerce-statistics

• https://litslink.com/blog/ai-agent-statistics

• https://mobidev.biz/blog/ai-agents-in-retail-best-practices-for-businesses

• https://artefact.com/blog/ai-agents-are-changing-how-people-shop-heres-what-that-means-for-brands/

• https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/agentic-artificial-intelligence-in-retail-and-ecommerce-market

• https://sendbird.com/blog/ai-use-cases-ecommerce

• https://shopify.com/blog/ai-agents

• https://wired.com/story/amazon-ai-agents-shopping-guides-rufus/

• https://blog.google/products/shopping/google-shopping-ai-mode-virtual-try-on-update/

• https://www.wired.com/story/openai-adds-shopping-to-chatgpt/

• https://www.mytotalretail.com/article/the-rise-of-ai-shopping-agents-differentiate-or-die/

• https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2025/08/19/study-ai-shopping-agents-online-marketplace/

• https://neontri.com/blog/ai-retail-trends/

• https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/conversational-commerce-market-111349

• https://bernardmarr.com/ai-agents-are-killing-brand-loyalty-and-reshaping-how-we-shop/

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2025/07/14/ai-agents-are-killing-brand-loyalty-and-reshaping-how-we-shop/

• https://www.cahoot.ai/ai-agents-will-transform-ecommerce-systems/

• https://www.databricks.com/blog/five-areas-where-ai-agents-will-transform-retail-industry

• https://www.shopify.com/blog/ai-agents

• https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/consumer-shopping-ai-trends-2025/