{"id":16224,"date":"2019-11-25T03:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T02:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demolucia.eurolab.es\/?p=16224\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:16:59","slug":"ansgar-john-b-artificial-intelligence-will-change-retail-between-now-and-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/ansgar-john-b-artificial-intelligence-will-change-retail-between-now-and-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansgar John B: &#8220;Artificial Intelligence will change retail between now and 2030&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we speak with <strong>Ansgar John Brenninkmeijer<\/strong>, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valueselections.net\/vmf-op\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Value Machines<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>We start by assessing the current context of the retail sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re either online or off-price. A third alternative is omnichannel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will the offline retail disappear?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. There is a tax advantage to letting customers do part of the work of distribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are&nbsp;offline defects and virtues in front of the online retail?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>High % of returns especially in woman&#8217;s fashion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the biggest problem or weakness that the offline retail has to face?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They are using the wrong merchandise math. See <a href=\"https:\/\/profitperx.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.profitperX.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the current context, what role does technology play in retail?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Offline retail software is programmed based on the assumption computers don&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight a current technology or innovation that you believe is setting a trend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Counting money instead of comparing margins at German discounters. &#8220;Deckungsbeitrag&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it take for a store to work? Is there a magic recipe?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good systems, merchandise math that makes &#8220;cents&#8221;. Think small. Treat &#8220;human resources&#8221; like people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How is customer loyalty achieved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a consistent offer. A brand that offers scarcity and exclusivity or else best value for money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you see the future of retail?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Artificial Intelligence in general and the &#8220;Technological Singularity&#8221; in particular will&nbsp;change everything between now and 2030.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we speak with Ansgar John Brenninkmeijer, CEO of Value Machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[607,624],"tags":[473],"class_list":["post-16224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-retail-interviews","tag-interview"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89135,"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16224\/revisions\/89135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flameanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}