Here are 5 short, but powerful things you should know:

1. AI Search: Black Friday and Cyber Monday

34% of likely Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers plan to use AI tools for shopping this year, which is more than last year’s total of 16%.

2. Mastercard: The Closer to Christmas, The Higher Price the Purchase

Across on-line in store purchases during the Christmas season, Mastercard says average purchase values increased each day beginning December 15, and reached their highest point on Christmas Eve.

3. New AI-Powered Ad Creation Tool

X Lift is an automated ad creation process that can convert a business’ URL into a series of ad options in just a few clicks.

We will test it for a client and see how it works.

4. Google: More Gemini Users Must Pay

If you use Gemini without paying, Friday, October 9 that changed. Free users of Gemini now only get Flash-Lite, Google’s lightest model.

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.1 Pro, both free until now, are leaving the free plan.

The $4.99 a month AI Plus plan gets Flash-Lite and Flash, but not Pro. The $19.99 a month Pro plan gets the Pro plan that now includes Deep Think, Google’s slow-and-careful reasoning mode, which used to sit behind plans costing $99.99 a month or more.

5. Discount Survey

47% of consumers say a 20% to 25% discount is enough to try an unfamiliar brand.

36% of consumers who make a discounted first purchase return, mainly when another discount appears.

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