Here are 6 short, but powerful things you should know:

1. U.S. Christmas Sales to Top $1 Trillion: Ecommerce the Strongest Growth

U.S. retail sales during the November-December Christmas season are expected to surpass $1 trillion for the first time in America’s history. Bain and Company projects Christmas sales will increase 4.5% from 2025 exceeding the 3.5% growth reported during the 2025 season.

However, more than half of the expected nominal sales growth will be attributed to inflation.

Online sales are expected to provide the strongest growth. It is expected to grow 9% year-over-year and account for about 60% of total Christmas sales growth vs. 50% last year.

Clothing and accessories, along with health and personal care products, are expected to be among the strongest-performing categories.

2. AI Talked 59.27% of Prospects Out of Buying a Product

Among AI users, 57.5% said they’ve abandoned a purchase based on AI.

59.27% said they’ve discovered a new brand or product through an AI recommendation.

This is based upon the Seanrush survey.

3. Inflation Ahead Warning

Inflation – rising prices – is primarily related to the budget deficit and the Federal Reserve printing money to cover it.

The #1 indicator is the M2 money supply.

The Federal Reserve’s M2 money supply just reached 23.22 trillion – the 27th consecutive monthly increase and $1.43 trillion above the March 2022 level that produced 9% grocery inflation.

The official government figure for inflation is 3.3% CPI. The money supply chart tells us inflation is not going down.

4. Amazon Loses Sellers Due to High Fees

In 2020 Amazon’s fees ran about 26% of a company’s product cost.

Today they run 30-40%.

Add advertising, most brands are at 50-60% in costs.

And, of course, the #1 problem is… you don’t get the customer data, they do.

5. OpenAI Blocking Competing Ads from Running Inside Chat GPT

OpenAI is limiting or prohibiting rival AI companies from advertising competing products inside ChatGPT.

6. Alphabet: By the Numbers

Alphabet’s Q2 revenue are up 24% year-over-year (YoY) and outpacing analyst projections of $116.9 billion. It is now $119.8 billion.

Revenues from Google services, which include advertising, subscriptions, digital content, and hardware, up 15% YoY. It’s now $94.5 billion.

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