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title: "Building an AI Strategy for Retail: Key Considerations"
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# Building an AI Strategy for Retail: Key Considerations

_Published: August 26, 2025_  
_Author: Nishit Kathlana_  

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Most retail stores today feel like a time warp. Customers wait in lines, employees track inventory by hand, and pricing changes weekly if we’re lucky. Meanwhile, customer expectations have gone into orbit! They want Amazon-level personalization and convenience everywhere they shop.
The gap between retail reality and customer expectations keeps widening. [McKinsey research](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/llm-to-roi-how-to-scale-gen-ai-in-retail) shows AI could unlock up to $390 billion in value for retail, while the global AI in retail market is projected to grow from $7.14 billion in 2023 to $85.07 billion by 2032. More interesting from a [Salesforce article](https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/ai-agent-retail-trends-2025/): 39% of shoppers and 54% of Gen Z are already using AI for product discovery.
Smart retailers aren’t waiting. They’re building systems that think, learn, and adapt faster than human teams ever could. The ones getting this right aren’t just adding AI features. They’re creating entirely new ways to operate.


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