South Africa, July 22 -- The study finds that total agent-facilitated consumer spending will triple from $944bn this year to $3.35trn in 2030. While consumers will still make most purchase decisions on their own in the next few years, AI agents will increasingly shape what gets seen, shortlisted and bought - and will increasingly mediate the boring, complex or repetitive tasks along the way.

As decision-making increasingly evolves from human consumers to machine intermediaries, this study explores the scale, timeline and implications for brands, agencies and the wider marketing ecosystem.

Rohan Tambyrajah, worldwide chief strategy officer, PHD, says: "This research brings category level empiricism to the open-ended industry conversation...