Business/press release/2026-09-23

Survey Highlights Retailers' Risk of Losing Shoppers to AI Due to Poor Onsite Search

New research, likely commissioned by the company behind the prweb.com release, indicates that retailers with inadequate onsite search capabilities risk losing customers to generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude. The survey suggests that a significant portion of shoppers are turning to external AI for product discovery when retailer websites fail to provide satisfactory search results, posing a challenge for e-commerce businesses to enhance their digital storefronts.

3 articles from 3 outlets covered this story. The underlying claim is sourced from a press release.

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3 outlets covered “Survey Highlights Retailers' Risk of Losing Shoppers to AI Due to Poor Onsite Search”. All of them report the following:

  • Retailers risk losing shoppers
  • Due to inadequate onsite search
  • Shoppers are turning to generative AI (ChatGPT, Claude)
  • Based on new survey/research

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