Retail markdown optimization suffers from data latency — merchandising teams rely on weekly batch reports that leave them reacting too late to trend shifts. Databricks Genie offers a natural language interface for CMOs to query real-time sell-through rates, inventory cover, and week-over-week deceleration across hundreds of SKUs. A case study from Coop shows how they built an AI assistant called AskCap in Microsoft Teams, achieving 30% internal user retention by giving managers instant access to store and market share data without dashboards.
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