Here’s how #AI allows us to communicate online in a way that matches what happens in stores 👇 Imagine asking a retail associate for help finding a product. You wouldn’t say, “waterproof mascara black.” You might say something like this instead, “I’m looking for mascara that doesn’t smudge.” These are the types of conversations that retailers are looking to replicate online. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon shares an example of how this is already working for them. The brand’s most popular search in February was “help me buy a Valentine’s Day gift.” The result was a curated list of Valentine’s gifts like flowers, candy, and jewelry. As we introduce more AI into the retail world, it’s more important than ever that each touch point is humanized. It must interact with customers how they expect it to – like communicating naturally with a search engine the way you would in a store. Walmart is at the forefront of generative AI for retail and I’m personally excited to see how this unfolds for them! #generativeai #retailtrends #tech #retail
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'How Walmart is using generative AI 🤖💡 pJon Alferness, chief product officer of Walmart U.S., spoke with Retail Dive about how the big-box retailer is deploying tech to serve customers and frontline workers. 🛒💼💬/p #Walmart #AI #Innovation #RetailTech' by Retail Dive about Walmart
How Walmart is using generative AI <p>Jon Alferness, chief product officer of Walmart U.S., spoke with Retail Dive about how the big-box retailer is deploying tech to serve customers and frontline workers.</p>
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Great to see Walmart utilizing generative AI to transform retail! Imagine using AI for everything from queue management to enhanced security, from optimization of shopping journey to real time stock availability, from suggested products to product recognition. The future of retail is here, blending AI, IoT, and big data for a smarter, seamless experience. At Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, we have the complete toolkit for this innovation journey. We combine real-time event identification through our IoT platform while computing on our Edge Sensory and Cameras, manage big data via ELERA, and use GenAI to mix real-time and historical data. This orchestration provides invaluable insights for both store associates and shoppers. Welcome to the future! #RetailInnovation #GenerativeAI #ComputerVision #CustomerExperience #IoT #ToshibaGlobalCommerceSolutions #TGCS #WeAreRetail
💬 Let’s Talk Retail Via Retail Dive, Walmart shared how early results of generative AI adoption in their stores are improving customer service: 💡 Associates are using AI to get customers an answer if a product isn’t on the shelf. Within moments, they can find out if the supplier is out of inventory, if the product is on its way to a store and even the approximate time it’ll get moved from the truck to the backroom to a shelf. 💡 For customers searching online for a Walmart product, AI delivers results beyond the typical word matching and uses complex relationship and consideration cues (like cost, seasonality, gifting, etc.) to help match customers with products they may not even know they’re looking for. 🎤 Tell us - what retail results are you seeing with the use of generative AI? Read more: https://bit.ly/4aSoqTs #AI #artificialintelligence #customerexperience #retail
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Is the future of customer service robot-led? Amid the swirling debates around artificial intelligence (AI), notable voices like Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky caution against the hype, fearing an echo of the dotcom bubble. Yet, in the bustling aisles of retail, a different narrative is unfolding. Companies are not just theorizing about AI; they're deploying generative AI (GenAI) to transform customer interactions and streamline searches. Retail Brew sheds light on how heavy hitters like Walmart and Meta are infusing GenAI into their operations, from enhancing customer service to powering smarter searches. 🛒 How could GenAI reshape the retail landscape further? https://lnkd.in/efpE8pd9 #ArtificialIntelligence #Retail #CustomerService
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How is Walmart using AI to serve customers better? One way, as explained in a recent article by Nate Delesline III for Retail Dive: "Within moments, [store associates] can find out if the supplier is out of inventory, if the product is on its way to a store on a truck, or even the approximate time it’ll get moved from the truck to the backroom and then a shelf on the sales floor. Connecting all those dots requires the power of AI." Most retailers understand AI will be a game-changer in terms of better efficiency, productivity, and customer experiences. But do you need to be Walmart's size to leverage AI in your store operations? Fortunately, you don't! At Optimum Retailing (OR), we've created an intuitive, scalable software solution that offers multi-unit retailers the actionable insights needed to manage their complex businesses better. Want to learn how our AI-powered retail intelligence platform can help you get more from your store? Send us a note! #BrickAndMortar #Retail #AI #Technology
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1st on the list for how retailers are using Generative AI... Customer Service. There's a quote in this article from Donna Morris from Walmart that gets me even more pumped about the impact of my work in helping retailers advance their CX strategy. Her quote: "Often many of us are burdened with a lot of tasks that get in the way from doing next-level work." https://lnkd.in/gMZ2zfUU
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Are you using generative AI in your operations yet? Have you found it to be a valuable tool? I believe it will take some time before we're collectively able to utilize this to genuinely enhance business operations, great to see how companies are engaging it now. https://lnkd.in/efpE8pd9
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AI is revolutionizing retail! AI tools like Target's new chatbot shows how much retailers are embracing AI. At Algolia, we are embracing AI in our search, personalization, recommendations and more to innovate retail experiences too! Check out Evan Clark’s recent WWD article here to learn more:
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Gen AI is nearly as buzzy as Gen Z, but Walmart is quite serious about its potential use cases. It was a delight speaking to Modern Retail's Mitchell Parton about the strategy behind it all. #retail #walmart #generativeai
📦 Walmart executives appear happy with the results of using #generativeAI to rewrite product listings — saying it’s 100 times more productive than workers on this. Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon told investors during its fiscal second-quarter earnings call on Aug. 15 that the company has used multiple large language models to create or improve more than 850 million pieces of data in its product catalog. John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., said generative AI has helped the company populate the attributes and characteristics of hundreds of millions of items, and that it would have taken 100 times longer to do this manually. Bryan Gildenberg and Gina Logan also chime in on this in my latest for Modern Retail.
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6moWhat a great use of generative AI, Brett Wickard—thanks for sharing! Walmart definitely has a head start here, with an extensive dataset, although that takes time to deploy an AI model that’s trained. Have you heard of anyone independently bringing this to market?