Smart Retail
Reduce shrinkage, optimize operations, and elevate customer experience with visual AI for modern retail.
Today’s Reality
Current Challenges
- AI solutions often cloud-only and privacy-invasive
- Lack of standardization across stores
- Overly complex for smaller retail operators
Tomorrow’s Reality
Lightweight edge AI packed with queue, loitering, theft detection
Camera and POS integrated for real-time insights
Modular, store-specific deployment templates
The Blaize Solution
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Drop-in appliance or virtual instance with built-in visual analytics.
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Local AI inference keeps data on-site, reducing privacy risk.
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Competes favorably with inference-only chips and mobile-first AI architectures.
Key Benefits
Helps reduce shrink
Assists with real-time visibility
Help improve ROI with minimal infrastructure change
Whats Happening
Blaize AI Platform Markets
Start the Journey
- Approximately 60% of retail companies now use AI for loss prevention, and another 30% plan to adopt AI within the next year, indicating rapid adoption across the sector.
- National Retail Federation: Retail shrink accounted for $112.1 billion in losses in 2022, representing 1.6% of total U.S. retail sales—an increase from $93.9 billion in 2021.
- MIT: New research suggests that shoppers will abandon a queue after nine minutes, and 86% avoid stores where they expect long lines—directly impacting in-store conversions.