{"id":1674717,"date":"2019-04-23T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/?p=1674717"},"modified":"2019-04-23T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T22:11:10","slug":"the-first-step-to-recognizing-customers-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/04\/23\/the-first-step-to-recognizing-customers-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"The first step to recognizing customers with AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Retailers are increasingly looking to AI to unlock insights that will help you better reach customers.<\/p>\n

AI learns from your data to help you recognize customers and anticipate needs \u2013 but the conclusions AI will generate are only as accurate as the data that feeds it.<\/p>\n

Business author Luis Perez-Breva comments in his article, Why retail\u2019s artificial intelligence bet is all wrong<\/a>, \u201cMachine learning needs vast amounts of data that needs to be formatted and cleaned for use. Computers aren\u2019t good at automatically cleaning data; humans are.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Retail Pro, you already have a solid foundation of structured data.<\/p>\n

And, since Retail Pro is a platform software, it acts as the foundation to which you can connect all your other retail technologies, including ERP, WHM, dropship, ecommerce, CRM, email & SMS marketing, loyalty & rewards, and any other technology you use.<\/p>\n

When connecting these data sources, your IT team already does the heavy lifting needed to clean and structure your data \u2013 so why not make the most of it?<\/p>\n

With all your data connected on the Retail Pro platform, you can recognize shoppers and see their activity across channels.<\/p>\n

By recognizing your customers and knowing their past purchases and preferences, you can better anticipate their expectations and make your outreach more relevant to their needs.<\/p>\n

Request a demo<\/a> or talk to your Retail Pro Business Partner today to see how you can unify data in Retail Pro for a more holistic picture of your business that helps you anticipate your customers\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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