Walmart Inc. is a multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores across the globe. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is one of the world’s largest companies by revenue and one of the largest private employers. The company serves hundreds of millions of customers weekly through its stores and rapidly growing e-commerce channels.
Imagine every product in your store has a smart price tag that quietly watches how many people want it, what competitors are charging, and how much stock you have left—and then changes the price in real time to get the best mix of profit and sales, not just on Black Friday but all season long.
This is like giving every shopper a smart digital tailor that knows their body and how different brands really fit, so they can pick the right size first time when buying clothes online.
This is like an always‑on smart salesperson that constantly watches demand, competitors, and stock levels, then automatically adjusts your product prices to hit your goals (more profit, more volume, or both) without a human changing prices all day.
Think of AI in retail as giving every shopper a smart, always‑on personal assistant plus a savvy store manager behind the scenes. It helps customers quickly find the right products, prices, and deals while quietly optimizing inventory, supply chain, and staffing so shelves are stocked and operations run cheaper and faster.
Think of COSMO as Amazon’s ‘common sense brain’ for shopping: it teaches computers the everyday knowledge humans use when browsing products (like knowing that hiking boots go with rainy weather, or that a phone case should fit a specific phone model) and then uses that knowledge to make search, recommendations, and product understanding much smarter.
This is like a smart shopkeeper who remembers each regular customer and quietly adjusts offers and prices based on their habits, loyalty, and sensitivity to price—so they buy more and stay longer, while the shopkeeper still protects their overall profit across the whole supply chain.