In September 2025, Starbucks put an AI inventory-counting tool into more than 11,000 North American stores.

If it feels like Halloween is popping up in stores earlier and earlier each year, that’s because it is.

How retailers are unlocking tens of thousands of dollars in recoverable inventory, every month, per store, with overhead vision technology.

I didn’t come to retail technology from a spreadsheet or a boardroom.

Match-day demand is real, it is measurable, and it looks different in every country.

Some holidays announce themselves quietly.

Retail shrink has always been treated as a cost of doing business.

Retailers don’t struggle with inventory because they lack systems.

For decades, the retail backroom has been treated as a necessary safety net, a place to store “just in case” inventory that protects against out-of-stocks.

Retail theft has surged in recent years, costing U.S. retailers billions annually. For grocers, thin margins and open layouts make the impact especially severe.

Last weekend’s snowstorm reinforced a key lesson in grocery operations: weather-driven out-of-stocks peak earlier - and last longer - than the storm itself.

Roughly twice as many of your top 100 movers go out of stock at 4 PM compared to 12 PM. Here's how to keep shelves full during the after-work rush.