What roles will AI play this Black Friday? - TechHQ

Christmas is less than three months away, and retailers both online and'on land' are anticipating a peak sales period as hungry shoppers get ready to snag the best deals of the year. The term Black Friday is thought to refer to the day after Thanksgiving dreaded by policemen and bus drivers of Philadelphia due to massive congestion accompanying the start of the Christmas shopping season. The reference caught on nationwide, and soon retailers set out to market it to generate profit after a year of loss. Now, Black Friday is a weekend-long retail holiday'celebrated' annually en masse. In 2018, Adobe Analytics revealed Black Friday achieved US$6.22 billion in online sales alone while Cyber Monday pulled in a record of US$7.9 billion from e-commerce.