Retailers are battling to survive; margins are being squeezed, new players such as Temu and Shein are grabbing UK market share at a rate of knots, and it’s so difficult to keep up with fickle consumers who aren’t as loyal to brands as they were in the past.

Those operating today are trying not to be the next Arcadia Group or Debenhams. There’s a fine line between success and failure right now, as the recent demise of Farfetch and Matchesfashion.com have shown only too starkly.

Enter AI. Everyone is shouting about it. Many retailers are finding great ways to deploy this technology and emerging strands of it. But retailers can be blinded by the hype.

Against this backdrop, SolvedBy.Ai is gathering together retail leaders to demystify AI deployment in their industry. This breakfast event at Haymarket Hotel, London, is designed for C-suite and department leads, and will give all attendees a get up close and personal with practical user cases of AI-enabled retailing.

– What is Walmart doing with AI to drive real transformation?
– How is Shein getting a better understanding of the market with an AI-enabled strategy?
– Which high street retailers are embracing AI to shape their operations?

An open conversation chaired by business journalist, Ben Sillitoe, under Chatham House Rule will provide a safe forum to express hopes and concerns about new tech investment. It’s one of the hottest topics of the year and one that is set to shape the direction of their industry over the next decade – so it requires retailers to engage with the subject.