Black Friday Hits $11.8B Online, Walmart Tests AI Shopping Ads & OpenAI Launches Shopping Research
Update: 2025-12-01
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Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl.
In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:
- Black Friday 2025 shatters records with $11.8 billion in online sales, as AI-driven traffic surges 805% and mobile dominates with 55% of purchases.
- Walmart pilots "Sponsored Prompt" ads inside Sparky, its AI shopping agent, testing new monetization strategies for conversational commerce.
- OpenAI debuts shopping research in ChatGPT, offering personalized buyer's guides powered by GPT-5 mini with nearly unlimited holiday usage.
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