Seven out of ten shoppers fill a digital cart and vanish. That behavioral quirk, multiplied across every online store on the planet in 2025, adds up to $18 trillion in annual losses — a number so large it rivals the GDP of entire nations. And the systems being deployed to recover that money know far more about your hesitation than you realize. What you thought was a clumsy "you forgot something" email is now a multi-signal negotiation engine. The gap between legacy automation and what's running today is wider than most shoppers — or store owners — suspect. If you don't understand how this technology works, you're either losing money as a merchant or being outmaneuvered as a consumer. Both outcomes are quietly happening right now. — Why does the AI withhold discounts from certain shoppers — and how does it decide which ones? — What is "intent deca ...