Retail intelligence / Issue 01

Retail is changing. We decode what comes next.

Independent insight into the systems, data and ideas reshaping modern retail.

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Commerce✦Store systems✦Product data✦Operations✦AI

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Latest insights

Sharp analysis of the infrastructure, interfaces and ideas moving retail forward.

AI 8 min read

Where business logic ends and AI begins in commercial selling

Many retail AI demos are old recommendation rules with a new label. A useful commercial selling assistant has to respect hard business constraints while reasoning through messy customer intent.

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Infrastructure 8 min read

The barcode is not disappearing. It is gaining another dimension.

Behind the familiar beep at the checkout, a quiet rebuild is under way. The next barcode can identify not only a product, but also its batch, expiry date and online destination.

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The bigger picture

Every checkout, shelf and product page is becoming a technology decision.

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