Walmart recently found that conversion rates were 3x lower in ChatGPT versus from Walmart's own website.

Walmart's diagnosis: shopping isn't a single action - it's a journey.

If a customer gets a new TV, they also want cables, a mount, and more. ChatGPT enabled the initial purchase, but fragmented everything after.

So, Walmart is embedding their own chatbot into ChatGPT to bridge the shopping experience.

🔗: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-lab-walmart-openai-shaking-up-agentic-shopping-deal/

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