By Sean Mitchell
Publication Date: 2025-11-21 21:30:00
Artificial intelligence will redefine the operational efficiency of retail businesses, especially in industries such as fashion, footwear, beauty and lifestyle. Recent trends show that while consumer-focused AI and search are receiving a lot of attention, optimizing internal workflows offers greater opportunities. Retailers managing large product assortments are now relying more heavily on automation to replace manual processes and give teams more time for value-added activities.
Manual workload
Managing product data at scale is an ongoing challenge. Retail teams are busy with repetitive tasks: copying supplier descriptions into listings, reformatting data, revising content in bulk, refining online images, and updating product attributes. These duties, once manageable with smaller assortments, have increased as the number of stock keeping units (SKUs) reaches into the tens of thousands.
The increase in new product launches and seasonal declines increases the burden on outdated processes that…
