{"product_id":"ai-for-retail-isbn-9781394184699","title":"AI for Retail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe coming of the AI revolution in brick-and-mortar retail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAI for Retail: A Practical Guide to Modernize Your Retail Business with AI and Automation\u003c\/i\u003e, Francois Chaubard, AI researcher and retail technology CEO, delivers a practical guide for integrating AI into your brick-and-mortar retail business. In the book, you’ll learn how to make your business more efficient by automating inventory management, supply chain, front-end, merchandising, pricing, loss prevention, e-commerce processes, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author takes you step by step from no AI Strategy at all to implementing a robust AI playbook that will permeate through your entire organization. In this book, you will learn:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow AI works, including key terminology and fundamental AI applications in retail\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow AI can be applied to the major functions of retail with detailed P\u0026amp;L analysis of each application\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to implement an AI strategy across your entire business to double or even triple Free Cash Flow\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI for Retail \u003c\/i\u003eis the comprehensive, hands-on blueprint for AI adoption that retail managers, executives, founders, entrepreneurs, board members, and other business leaders have been waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Why You Need This Book as a Retail Leader 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 Introduction to the AI Revolution 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 How Ai Has Revolutionized Many Other Industries over the Last 20 Years 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Three Myths of How AI Will Transform Retail 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 How AI Will Automate and Optimize Retail 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Level- Setting the AI Doomsday- ism 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 AI Theory 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 What Is AI? 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 From CPUs to GPUs 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Optimization 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Measuring AI Performance 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 AI Learning Techniques 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Simulators and AI 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 OODA Loops 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Hierarchy of Data Maturity 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A “General Theory for Retail AI” 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3 Applications of AI in Retail 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Inefficiencies in Retail Today 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 AI for Merchandising 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 AI for Inventory, Ordering, and Supply Chain Management 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 AI for Replenishment and Labor Management 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 AI for Labor Budgets and Scheduling 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 AI for E- Commerce and Customer Service 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 AI for Warehouse and Distribution Centers 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 AI for Checkout 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 AI for Pricing and Promotion 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Other AI Use Cases 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4 Implementation 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Create your “AI Strategy and Road Map” 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Buying vs. Building AI 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 How to Run a Proof of Concept Bake- off Effectively 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Transitioning to a Fact- based, Data- driven Culture 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 311\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRANCOIS CHAUBARD\u003c\/b\u003e is the CEO of Focal Systems, a deep learning computer vision company dedicated to helping brick and mortar retail businesses automate their operations. He has helped companies like Walmart, ShopRite, Piggly Wiggly, Good Food Holdings, and Fairway optimize their operations with state-of-the-art deep learning that revolutionizes how stores are run. Chaubard also co-created and taught many courses on AI at Stanford University, including CS229: Machine Learning, CS224D: Deep Learning for NLP, and CS231M: Computer Vision for Mobile.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetailers around the world are looking for ways to optimize their businesses through artificial intelligence (AI). From international behemoths like Amazon, to local mom-and-pop operations, retail leaders are increasingly recognizing that their survival depends on their ability to adopt new frameworks for automation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAI for Retail\u003c\/i\u003e, technology CEO and AI researcher Francois Chaubard provides a hands-on guide for integrating AI into your brick-and-mortar retail business. Chaubard has spent the last 14 years building AI systems in applications like self-driving cars and missile defense systems, and shows how to apply those same AI principles to retail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaubard explores how to use AI in everything from customer service to warehouse optimization and demonstrates how to craft and implement a big-picture AI strategy across your entire business. You’ll learn AI basics, including critical terminology and fundamental AI applications in retail, as well as how to use AI and deep learning for checkout, automated inventory, pricing, loss prevention, demand forecasting and planning, and e-commerce. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI for Retail\u003c\/i\u003e offers key takeaways for retail executives and those responsible for deploying intelligent automation at every level of a retail company. Relevant and exciting real-world case studies illuminate and highlight the concepts discussed in the book, showing you how leaders have deployed the author’s frameworks with great success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI for Retail\u003c\/i\u003e is the practical blueprint for retail AI adoption that executives, board members, managers, retail business founders, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders have been waiting for.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR AI \u003cb\u003eFOR RETAIL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Francois has truly captured the secrets of accelerating retailers’ adoption of AI to dramatically increase free cash flow. This book is an absolute must-read for your entire executive team.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Don High,\u003c\/b\u003e Former Chief Scientist, Walmart Inc. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“AI is the next big thing and retailers are still getting their minds around how to use it. As Francois has discovered and explains, when you focus on automating and optimizing core tasks, the ROI can be so high and so powerful. Retailers need to be thinking very hard about AI due to their razor thin margins. It’s good for the customers because it improves availability and their shopping experience, it’s good for the retailer because it lowers cost and drives profitability, and it’s good for brands because they sell more.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Tony DeNunzio,\u003c\/b\u003e Former CEO, Asda  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Francois adds a purity to awareness. He refuses to accept false facts and has created a system of learning that validates observation and attacks inefficiency.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—John J. Sumas,\u003c\/b\u003e Co-President, Village Super Market Inc.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is wonderful reading packed with important exposure to topics in AI that retailers need to understand. Retailing in this day in age without AI is like fighting with one arm tied behind your back.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Abel Porter,\u003c\/b\u003e Former CEO, Smith’s Food \u0026amp; Drug, and Fairway  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nobody knows this space better than Francois, and there is no book from which you can learn so much as fast as this book.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—John Linehan,\u003c\/b\u003e President, King’s Hawaiian  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An excellent guide for business leaders looking to better understand AI and what it means for their future.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Francois Chollet,\u003c\/b\u003e AI Researcher, Google  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Francois has been at the forefront of bringing AI into retail with the explosive growth of deep learning over these past few years.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Dr. Mykel Kochenderfer,\u003c\/b\u003e Associate Professor, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988708966629,"sku":"NP9781394184699","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781394184699.jpg?v=1761781280","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ai-for-retail-isbn-9781394184699","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}