ANTHROPIC LAUNCHES AI AGENT BLUEPRINTS FOR RETAILERS AHEAD OF HOLIDAY SEASON

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Anthropic released blueprints to help retailers, travel companies, and ticketing platforms build shopper and merchant agents on Claude, as AI-driven commerce becomes a growing source of high-intent traffic. Anthropic says early partners have seen 30% to 35% larger carts and roughly 60% higher purchase completion, while merchant agents can also help optimize inventory, pricing, and marketing without autonomously completing transactions.