CES 2026 made one thing clear: the traditional retail funnel is obsolete. As agentic AI reshapes how people discover, decide, and buy, UX research must adapt to a non-linear, trust-driven, agent-to-agent economy.
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Lucy Tootill
Senior UX Researcher
Lucy has more than a decade of experience in clinical operations and finance. Clients benefit from her passion for working with people of diverse backgrounds and drive to put people at the center of the research. Lucy loves to dig for the “why” under complicated problems and is driven to find the balance between user needs and business goals in each project. Lucy holds a BA in Political Science from California State University, Los Angeles.
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