Retail businesses run on SKUs. The data model underneath retail has to run on them too. In our last piece, we introduced the Inventory Data Platform as the unified data layer that sits across a retailer’s existing systems and makes…
Introducing the Inventory Data Platform The missing AI powered data layer to unlock the power of retailer’s technology stack Your Chief Merchant knows you carry one black denim jacket. Your systems have never agreed on how to identify it. The…
Why agent sprawl is the wrong problem to solve — and what retail leaders should focus on instead Here’s a stat that should keep retail executives up at night: the average enterprise now runs 12 AI agents, and that number…
The Ekyam team is headed to NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show from January 11–13, and we aren’t coming empty-handed. As part of the Innovators Showcase, we’ll be debuting Ekyam riOS (Retail Intelligence Operating System) at the event. Visit us in…
If someone walked up to you on the street and asked you to predict whether a shopper entering a store (who you couldn’t see) would make a purchase, you’d have a 50/50 shot of getting it right. But let’s say…
My co-founder Mariah Chase and I have both worked in retail for decades. We’ve experienced every side of the industry, from major enterprise companies to up-and-comers to (in Mariah’s case) our own ventures. Through it all, there was one common…
