From The Economic Times · ET Online · · 50s
India's Festive Shopping Shifts with AI
AI shopping assistants boost Indian festive spending as robots help shoppers.
In brief
AI shopping assistants boost Indian festive spending as robots help shoppers. Indian shoppers using AI tools plan to spend ₹10,000+ this festive season amid rising demand for robot-assisted shopping. Originally reported by The Economic Times.
AI Shopping Assistants Rise
Four in five shoppers plan to use ai tools for festive buys.
“four in five shoppers are actively looking to use ai-powered shopping assistants”
Premium Spending Surge
Three in five shoppers target over ₹10,000 festive spending.
“three out of five shoppers plan to spend more than ten thousand rupees”
Millennials Lead AI Adoption
Millennials show 10 percentage points higher ai enthusiasm than gen z.
“millennials' enthusiasm for ai-based recommendations is higher by ten percentage points”
Urban Shoppers Use AI Tools
92% of urban shoppers used ai tools in past month.
“92% of surveyed urban indian shoppers said they had taken the help of at least one ai tool”
Festive Spending Rises
Average transaction size jumps 46% to ₹24,020.
“the average festive transaction size may jump forty six percent to twenty four thousand twenty rupees”
Robots in Shopping
Flipkart and bigbasket create ai storefronts for festive shopping.
“flipkart, bigbasket, ajio, and firstcry have been working to create their own ai storefronts”
The essence
Indian shoppers using AI tools plan to spend ₹10,000+ this festive season amid rising demand for robot-assisted shopping.
