Industry

Retail & Consumers Goods

AI in Retail: From Keynote to Operations Floor

The gap between retailers who experiment with AI and those who operationalize it is widening fast. Strata closes it with governed data foundations, agentic AI frameworks, and purpose-built solutions deployed across +22 countries in the Americas.

AWS Retail Competency
AWS Retail Services Competency

AWS Retail Competency Partner

Validated expertise in governed, AI-powered retail solutions across customer engagement, supply chain optimization, merchandising, personalization, and data-driven retail operations.

Retail Intelligence in Action

Four Capabilities That Drive Real Retail Execution

Unified Commerce

Unified Commerce: POS + Digital World

The POS is no longer an isolated terminal but a real-time node inside the 360 Golden Record. In-store transactions, kiosk interactions, and app identifications feed unified customer identity in milliseconds. Cross-channel returns, voice-ordered purchases, and locker pick-ups are orchestrated from a single governed platform — no overnight sync, no data blind spots.

Human-in-the-Loop Logistics specialists review cross-channel exception cases before final resolution.

Personalization

Hyper-Personalization: Dynamic Next-Best-Action

Static mass promotions are replaced by individually calculated, ephemeral offers. AI evaluates purchase history, price sensitivity, live inventory, product expiry, and real-time context — generating a unique, margin-calculated offer at the exact moment of conversion. Churn prediction models trigger retention actions before a VIP customer migrates to a competitor.

Human-in-the-Loop Merchandising team validates offer thresholds and margin floors before agent activation.

Channel-less

Channel-less Integration

The customer experiences zero friction between touchpoints. A conversation started on WhatsApp is resumed in-store via mobile assistant or a human associate with a tablet. AI routes hyper-personalized communications through each customer’s highest-converting channel, driven by live behavioral signals from the Golden Record.

Human-in-the-Loop CX team monitors routing decisions and overrides channel logic for high-value segments.

Governed AI

Autonomous UX: Safe and Governed Automation

Every agentic action is validated by a deterministic governance layer before execution. Agents operating on Smart Catalog or customer interactions never exceed business rules, publish incorrect prices, or promise out-of-policy refunds. Delegated purchases execute via tokenized wallets and biometric authentication — seamless for the customer, bank-grade secure underneath.

Human-in-the-Loop Compliance officer audits agent action logs; customers control their own Golden Record data.

Measurable Impact

Delivering proven, high-impact results across the entire retail value chain through automated intelligence and expert control frameworks.

+35% Catalog Coverage Complete AI-enriched SKUs
-40% Forecast Error vs. traditional models
3x Creative Speed AI imagery vs. photo shoots
+22% Conversion Lift Personalization at scale

Solutions Portfolio

Purpose-Built — Independently Deployable or as an Integrated Suite

Smart Catalog

AI-governed product enrichment + imagery at scale

Intelli Forecast

Hyper-local demand forecasting on auditable data

Smart Recommendation

Personalized offer engine with governance controls

AI Agents

Agentic commerce & supply chain automation

Entity Fusion

Unified, privacy-compliant customer identity

Speak Sense

Voice analytics for NPS, churn & service intelligence

Supply Chain Expertise

Strata brings deep, hands-on expertise across the entire retail supply chain — from demand forecasting and intelligent inventory management to logistics optimization, predictive maintenance, and risk disruption detection.

Our practitioners have designed and deployed end-to-end supply chain intelligence frameworks for retail organizations across the Americas, combining governed data pipelines, autonomous AI agents, and a Supply Chain Control Tower that unifies ERP, supplier APIs, IoT, and logistics signals into a single, real-time intelligence hub.

Every automated decision — replenishment, rerouting, risk response — operates within defined governance boundaries and with a human expert in the loop, ensuring speed without sacrificing control.

Why Strata

Speed to Value

Pre-built accelerators and governed blueprints reduce time-to-production from months to weeks.

Monetization

AI-driven catalog enrichment, hyper-personalization, and agentic commerce directly lift revenue, margin, and LTV.

Security & Governance

Shadow AI prevention, GDPR/CCPA/LGPD compliance, and deterministic guardrails ensure every AI action is auditable.

Modernization at Scale

Cloud-native AWS architecture serving local grocery chains to multinational retailers across +22 countries.