Best Buy Ads’ Patrick Albano: AI Search is Collapsing the Discovery-to-Purchase Funnel

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Best Buy's Patrick Albano discusses how AI-powered search is fundamentally changing consumer behavior by collapsing the traditional discovery-to-purchase funnel, allowing consumers to move directly from search to retail decisions. This shift delivers higher-intent buyers to retailers and has significant implications for how brands and retailers structure their advertising and marketing strategies in the AI search era.