inventory management

AI Agents Get to Work in Retail

AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Retail competition used to happen on shelves and screens. AI agents are moving it to data feeds and API endpoints. The retailer with the most...

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Coca-Cola’s AI Just Solved Retailers’ Inventory Headache
Coca-Cola’s AI Just Solved Retailers’ Inventory Headache
September 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Coca-Cola thinks its artificial intelligence just solved one of the oldest headaches in retail: knowing what to stock, and how much to buy. Coke Buddy,...

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Instacart Acquires Arpalus to Move Intelligence In Store
Instacart Acquires Arpalus to Move Intelligence In Store
July 16, 2026  |  Acquiring

Instacart has acquired computer vision company Arpalus and will use that firm’s shelf intelligence technology to improve the inventory accuracy of its own grocery platforms. Arpalus’ technology is purpose-built for...

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Wayfair Uses AI to Catch and Correct Bad Product Listings
Wayfair Uses AI to Catch and Correct Bad Product Listings
June 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Put simply, Wayfair has a lot of furniture. Its catalog spans about 30 million items across nearly 1,000 product types. Roughly 47,000 attributes cover details...

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The Era of Guessing What’s on the Shelf Is Over
The Era of Guessing What’s on the Shelf Is Over
June 04, 2026  |  Walmart

Walmart’s artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant Sparky has doubled its weekly active users in a single quarter. That’s according to a PYMNTS report in May,...

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Retail Tech Startup Radar Secures $170 Million Funding Round
Retail Tech Startup Radar Secures $170 Million Funding Round
May 19, 2026  |  Investments

Radar, an inventory management startup backed by American Eagle Outfitters CEO Jay Schottenstein, has reached a valuation of more than $1 billion following its latest...

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Rent the Runway Turns Its Warehouse Into a Fashion Algorithm
Rent the Runway Turns Its Warehouse Into a Fashion Algorithm
April 14, 2026  |  Earnings

Rent the Runway spent fiscal year 2025 making the biggest inventory bet in its history. More clothes in circulation meant fewer cancellations, stronger retention and...

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Square and MarketMan Debut AI-Powered Restaurant Inventory Tool
Square and MarketMan Debut AI-Powered Restaurant Inventory Tool
April 02, 2026  |  ResTech

Square has debuted a tool designed to give restaurants more visibility into ingredient usage. Square Restaurant Inventory, developed in partnership with inventory management platform MarketMan, is designed...

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