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, Coca-Cola’s self-ordering platform for retailers, lets merchants buy products through its app, website or WhatsApp, with personalized purchase suggestions, promotions...
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 grocery retail and will improve the inventory data needed for both eCommerce fulfillment and in-store operations, Instacart said in a Thursday (July...
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 such as color, material and dimensions. Those details determine how products show up in search results and recommendations. Before employing...
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, which added that Sparky users consistently generate larger average basket sizes than customers who don’t use it and that Walmart...
October 05, 2026
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 machine-readable, real-time product data is the one the agent recommends. Everything else is a visibility problem. That shift is already underway. AI agents are personalizing recommendations, auto-replenishing inventory, and completing […]
April 11, 2025
In a sector caught between regulatory pressure and technological disruption, fleet and mobility companies are redefining how they manage working capital. According to the newly released “2024-2025 Growth Corporates Working...
April 08, 2025
Inventory keeps retailers in business. Inventory keeps consumers loyal to their preferred to merchants. Inventory makes impulse buying possible and keeps sales flowing. Inventory has also, for a long time,...
January 27, 2025
Personalization has long been the holy grail of retail, with brands seeking to tailor the shopping experience to each customer’s unique needs and preferences. And you can’t spell “personalization in...
July 16, 2026
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 grocery retail and will improve the inventory data needed for both eCommerce fulfillment and in-store operations, Instacart said in a Thursday (July 16) press release. When installed on a smartphone or other camera-equipped […]
May 19, 2026
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 funding round, CNBC reported on...
April 02, 2026
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 to offer “AI-driven ingredient and...
June 17, 2025
Home décor chain At Home is shuttering dozens of stores as it seeks bankruptcy protection. The retailer, which has more than 200 locations throughout the U.S., announced its Chapter 11 filing in a Monday...
