TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chaubard, Francois
TI  - AI for retail: a practical guide to modernize your retail business with AI and automation
SN  - 9781394184699
U1  - 006.3 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - John  Wiley & Sons, Inc.
KW  - Entreprises innovations
KW  - Business Enterprises--Data processing
KW  - Artificial Intelligence--Industrial applications
N1  - Table of content:
Introduction: Why You Need This Book as a Retail Leader 1

Section 1 Introduction to the AI Revolution 11

1 How Ai Has Revolutionized Many Other Industries over the Last 20 Years 13

2 The Three Myths of How AI Will Transform Retail 37

3 How AI Will Automate and Optimize Retail 51

4 Level- Setting the AI Doomsday- ism 67

Section 2 AI Theory 75

5 What Is AI? 77

6 From CPUs to GPUs 84

7 Optimization 88

8 Measuring AI Performance 94

9 AI Learning Techniques 100

10 Simulators and AI 111

11 OODA Loops 116

12 Hierarchy of Data Maturity 120

13 A “General Theory for Retail AI” 125

Section 3 Applications of AI in Retail 137

14 The Inefficiencies in Retail Today 139

15 AI for Merchandising 143

16 AI for Inventory, Ordering, and Supply Chain Management 153

17 AI for Replenishment and Labor Management 177

18 AI for Labor Budgets and Scheduling 193

19 AI for E- Commerce and Customer Service 199

20 AI for Warehouse and Distribution Centers 212

21 AI for Checkout 227

22 AI for Pricing and Promotion 254

23 Other AI Use Cases 263

Section 4 Implementation 269

24 Create your “AI Strategy and Road Map” 271

25 Buying vs. Building AI 285

26 How to Run a Proof of Concept Bake- off Effectively 292

27 Transitioning to a Fact- based, Data- driven Culture 303

About the Author 309

Index 311
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N2  - The coming of the AI revolution in brick-and-mortar retail

In AI for Retail: A Practical Guide to Modernize Your Retail Business with AI and Automation, Francois Chaubard, AI researcher and retail technology CEO, delivers a practical guide for integrating AI into your brick-and-mortar retail business. In the book, you’ll learn how to make your business more efficient by automating inventory management, supply chain, front-end, merchandising, pricing, loss prevention, e-commerce processes, and more.

The author takes you step by step from no AI Strategy at all to implementing a robust AI playbook that will permeate through your entire organization. In this book, you will learn:

How AI works, including key terminology and fundamental AI applications in retail
How AI can be applied to the major functions of retail with detailed P&L analysis of each application
How to implement an AI strategy across your entire business to double or even triple Free Cash Flow
AI for Retail is the comprehensive, hands-on blueprint for AI adoption that retail managers, executives, founders, entrepreneurs, board members, and other business leaders have been waiting for.
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