{"id":18596,"date":"2022-09-21T17:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=18596"},"modified":"2022-09-23T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T17:50:50","slug":"ai-transforming-shopping-landscape-in-uae-say-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/09\/21\/ai-transforming-shopping-landscape-in-uae-say-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"AI transforming shopping landscape in UAE, say experts"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRetail businesses in the UAE are inching closer to a full digital revamp by leveraging artificial intelligence<\/a>, experts at AI company Dataiku say.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the fifth edition of The Artificial Intelligence Forum in Dubai<\/a>, experts underlined the potential of AI.<\/p>\n

“Succeeding in AI initiatives requires fostering a culture of data creativity at the individual level,” said Siddhartha Bhatia, regional vice-president and general manager at Dataiku for the Middle East and Turkey.<\/p>\n

“However, organisations also need to find a way to harness that individual data creativity for collective company progress and purpose,” he said.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence is shown to simplify and streamline the user experience for all aspects of the market, equipping retailers with precise real-time data.<\/p>\n

Retail giant Majid Al Futtaim has been vastly investing in automation and harnessing artificial intelligence since 2016.<\/p>\n

This month, to capitalise on efficiency through artificial intelligence tools, Majid Al Futtaim partnered with Microsoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, last September, it launched its Carrefour City+, the first cashier-free store in the region.<\/p>\n

Smart cameras in-store track customers\u2019 movements in real-time and records products bought, misplaced, unmarked or missing.<\/p>\n

Country manager of Carrefour UAE, Philippe Peguilhan, said: “We have already seen a 30 per cent increase in accuracy when it comes to scanning items on the shelves, and we are very excited for what else is to come.”<\/p>\n

The frictionless payment system works through a smartphone MAF application.<\/p>\n

Group chief information and technology officer Sheridan Moodley said: “For every retailer, the objective is to offer the customer an incredible shopping experience.<\/p>\n

“Technology needs to be applied at every touch point of the journey to achieve this. Technology such as digital signage leads to tailored experiences for the customer.”<\/p>\n

Al Futtaim also recently unveiled chatbots that demonstrate how artificial intelligence is instrumental in creating accurate customer profiles and\u00a0boosting personalisation.<\/p>\n

According to a recent global study by French technology services major Capgemini, artificial intelligence can potentially save businesses around $340 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Experts at The Artificial Intelligence Forum in Dubai emphasise how artificial intelligence is drastically reshaping the UAE shopping landscape and customers’ preferences for personalisation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":18597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,6,1],"tags":[94,1507,3966],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18596"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18601,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18596\/revisions\/18601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}