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Navigating AI Adoption: Why the Co-Pilot Approach is the Most Successful  

Retail TouchPoints

Early use cases for AI in retail include inventory management, dynamic pricing, customer service chatbots, loss prevention and personalized marketing. Retailers can automate markdowns to minimize revenue loss and increase profitability, which can be especially important for seasonal retailers.

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Sick of hearing about AI? The key is understanding how to make it work for you

Inside Retail

Loss prevention: Employs advanced surveillance techniques to detect and prevent shoplifting. AI can identify the fastest retrieval routes, automate markdown processes, and provide real-time inventory insights, ultimately improving your margins.

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How smart new technologies are improving sales and reducing costs for retailers

Inside Retail

Inventory is the second largest controllable expense and retailers are reporting back an improvement in markdown reduction losses of as much as 50 per cent through using the software to manage planning. This is particularly helpful for someone bringing a new product to market, where there is no sales history.”

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5 Major Retail Digital Transformations to Watch For in 2021

Retalon

In effect, this means a reduction of total inventories, maximized sales, and reduced markdowns. Often, returning products to the store that fulfilled the original purchase will create inventory excesses and lead to markdowns. to optimize inventory for gross margins.

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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

The rise of at-home delivery forced loss prevention managers to start looking beyond the store. Whereas BOPIS shifts the delivery to the retail premises where store employees and loss prevention practices control every order. Should retailers choose BOPIS?