The future of AI marketing applications in retail

Over the past few years, e-commerce has been slowly and steadily transformed by artificial intelligence (AI). The world has watched Amazon go from bookseller to voice-activated, product-recommending, Internet of Things behemoth over the last 15 years, and -- for many reasons -- e-commerce has been an area of great AI adoption, particularly in marketing. That being said, the retail space (which encompasses a much broader array of businesses beyond just e-commerce) often doesn't get the same degree of limelight when it comes to AI use cases. I've set out to display some real use cases that highlight how and where AI is pushing the boundaries in the retail sector. While the applications below are by no means a complete list, it serves as a nice general overview of the possibilities in this space, along with related startups and technology companies working on those specific applications.