business objective
- An apparel and lifestyle retailer needed to modernize in-store and online experiences. The client sought insights into how peers implemented new technologies like AR, AI personalization, and checkout automation to boost engagement and conversion.
Our solution
- Tech Rollout Benchmarking: Mapped emerging tech deployment (AR, AI, checkout-free tech) across 10 fashion retailers using investor decks, tech partner case studies, and launch announcements; validated with 12 in-depth expert interviews including CIOs, product leads, and innovation heads.
- Ecosystem Partnership Analysis: Tracked startup alliances, platform vendor relationships, and venture investments using Crunchbase, press releases, and app feature audits; further informed by four discussions with digital innovation teams.
- Performance Impact Comparison: Benchmarked measurable impact of these technologies on AOV, cart abandonment, and return rates using data shared by two global retail benchmarking firms and inputs from three retail performance analysts.
Outcome
- Increased AOV by 3% post rollout of AI-driven personalization
- Piloted AR fitting rooms using insights from competitor rollouts
- Initiated partnerships with 2 high-impact retail tech firms