Ananda Chakravarty
Vice President, Research – IDC Retail Insights
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AI Is Changing Retail Planning.
Unified Decisioning Makes It Pay Off.
Join IDC and Board to see how leading retailers combine AI, real-time data, and unified planning to turn insight into action, protect margin, and optimize inventory at scale.
Retail complexity has outpaced traditional planning
At the same time:
But performance gaps remain
Not because AI isn’t working
But because decisions aren’t connected
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
🔹 Turn AI into real business impact
🔹 Align demand, inventory, and financial decisions
🔹 Reduce inventory distortion
🔹 Protect margin in volatile markets
🔹 Enable real-time, continuous planning
Ananda Chakravarty
Vice President, Research – IDC Retail Insights
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