{
  "id": 16577944,
  "title": "AI Shoppers Emerge as Distinct UAE Customer Segment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ai-shoppers-emerge-as-distinct-uae-customer-segment",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-26T08:01:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/commerce/ecommerce/2026/ai-shoppers-emerge-as-distinct-uae-customer-segment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A merchant can add another digital shopping channel without necessarily changing the customer it serves. Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping presents a different reality, as the consumers using it behave differently from the average shopper. UAE consumers who used AI in their most recent purchase average 37 buying-related digital shopping days per month, compared with 30 […] The post AI…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}