Has anyone tried integrating AI into a mid-sized retail setup? I'm not talking about huge chains but more local businesses with limited tech teams. Wondering if it's worth the effort or just another buzzword trend. What’s been your experience in terms of results and investment?

Depends on the sector, but some retailers I know have seen good ROI from AI-driven inventory optimization.

We had similar concerns when evaluating options for our local chain of stores. After some research and testing, we found real benefits from automating repetitive tasks like stock control and customer behavior analysis. This guide — https://tech-stack.com/services/artificial-intelligence — helped us understand the practical applications, not just theory. By using AI-driven analytics, we were able to forecast sales more accurately and adjust inventory accordingly, which directly impacted our bottom line. The investment wasn’t massive either, since many tools offer modular plans. The key was starting small and scaling up once we proved it worked.

Good to hear it can be done without a full dev team, that's encouraging.