Articles

  • Stadium operator on event day representing stadium fan experience optimization from preparation through postgame review.

    Stadium Fan Experience Optimization: A Game Day Log from a Stadium Operator
    • Fan Experience
    • Shelf Monitoring
    • Stadium Operations
    • Stock Out Prevention
    Published February 12, 2026
    Stoc Brief My Game Day, Start to Finish Game day starts long before gates open. I’m responsible for food and…
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  • Stadium Fan Experience Optimization Inside a Tier-1 Sports and Entertainment Venue
    • Fan Experience
    • Stadium Operations
    • Stock Out Prevention
    Published February 5, 2026
    Stoc Brief Why We Entered Sports and Entertainment Stadium fan experience optimization starts with understanding reality. Sports and entertainment venues…
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  • Retail Shelf Intelligence: 3 Stockout Patterns Visibility Reveals
    • AI in Retail
    • Planogram Compliance
    • Retail Execution
    • Shelf Monitoring
    Published January 29, 2026
    Stoc Brief The Real Problem Is Visibility, Not Effort Stockouts are often treated as an unavoidable cost of operating coolers….
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  • Illustration of a glowing brain surrounded by energy drinks and bottled beverages with the headline ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind,’ representing missed beverage sales and lack of retail visibility.

    Shelf Intelligence Playbook: The Signals Smart Teams Use to Fix Availability Before Sales Are Lost
    • AI in Retail
    • AI Inventory Management
    • Shelf Monitoring
    • StocVision
    Published December 19, 2025
    Why Availability Is a Shelf Intelligence Problem Across retail environments, shelves rarely fail because teams are not working hard enough….
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  • How a Healthcare Foodservice Provider Recovered Lost Beverage Sales With Real-Time Shelf Intelligence
    • Corporate Hospitality
    Published December 9, 2025
    When Availability Slips and No One Sees It A healthcare foodservice provider needed a reliable way to understand why beverage…
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  • AI Retail Agent: Understanding Planogram Compliance and Automated Shelf Scanning
    • AI in Retail
    • Convenience Retail
    • Planogram Compliance
    • Shelf Monitoring
    Published November 21, 2025
    Introduction Real-time planogram compliance is the foundation of the value Stoc delivers. Every feature of the platform-from cooler captures to…
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  • Refrigerated beverage aisle with glass cooler doors, each displaying glowing digital check-mark icons to show verified shelves. Large white text reads 'Cut Scanning Time In Half.' At the bottom center, a Stoc AI Retail Agent device is showcased in front of the coolers, and the Stoc logo appears in the lower right corner.

    How a National Convenience Chain Cut Manual Shelf Scanning Time in Half with Stoc
    • Convenience Retail
    Published November 6, 2025
    When Manual Work Becomes the Bottleneck Retail moves fast, but this national convenience chain was running on week-old data. Store…
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  • Dashboard and cooler analytics visuals showing Stoc’s smart cooler technology combining data from sales and planogram compliance to deliver real-time insights.

    Unlocking Smart Coolers: The Power of Combining Your Data with Ours
    • AI in Retail
    • AI Inventory Management
    • Stoc Platform
    Published October 20, 2025
    Every retailer has data. POS systems track sales, distributors log deliveries, and managers record store insights. Yet the real story…
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  • Comparison of unorganized and optimized beverage coolers under the title ‘From Data to Display: How AI Merchandising Optimization Works,’ illustrating how Stoc’s AI improves shelf layouts and product visibility.

    AI-Powered Merchandising Optimization: Turning Data into Action
    • AI in Retail
    • AI Inventory Management
    • Shelf Monitoring
    Published October 13, 2025
    Merchandising is not just about stocking shelves. It’s about putting the right product in the right spot at the right…
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  • A person uses the Stoc mobile app to check planogram compliance on a beverage cooler, with color-coded shelves displayed on screen showing stock gaps and product placement insights.

    How to Create a Planogram with Stoc
    • AI in Retail
    • Planogram Compliance
    • Retail Execution
    • Shelf Monitoring
    Published October 2, 2025
    Planogram Recap Planograms have been around for decades, but too often they’re treated like static shelf maps that get updated…
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