Resources

  • How a National Retailer Cut Manual Shelf Scanning Time in Half
    • AI in Retail
    • Retail Execution
    • Stock Out Prevention
    Published November 6, 2025
    The Challenge Retail moves fast, but this national convenience chain was running on week-old data. Store teams spent hours each…
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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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  • A beverage cooler analyzed by Stoc’s AI, showing item-level performance data and planogram metrics like sales percentages and shelf compliance through visual overlays.

    Replacing Regional Planograms with Location-Based Intelligence: The Future of Retail Optimization
    • Planogram Compliance
    • Retail Execution
    • Shelf Monitoring
    Published September 23, 2025
    he Problem with Traditional Planogram Management Walk into a convenience store anywhere in the country and you’ll probably see the…
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  • Illustration of a Stoc smart camera scanning beverage coolers to verify shelf compliance, detecting out-of-stock products with red Xs and confirming accuracy with a green check mark.

    Retail Automation: From Action to Verification
    • AI in Retail
    • AI Inventory Management
    • Retail Execution
    • Shelf Monitoring
    Published September 23, 2025
    AI Agents in Retail Eliminate Bottlenecks Retail operations are hitting a ceiling. Despite heavy investment in digital transformation, many retailers…
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  • A field merchandiser uses the Stoc tablet app to review cooler planogram data, powered by Stoc’s smart camera that detects product placement and stock levels in real time.

    Winning the Cold War: Learn How Distributors Secure Shelf Space by Nailing Planograms and Preventing Stock outs
    • Planogram Compliance
    • Shelf Monitoring
    • Stock Out Prevention
    Published September 8, 2025
    In beverage distribution, shelf space is more than real estate. It is visibility, influence, and revenue. Cold beverage shelves are…
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  • Side-by-side coolers showing empty shelves with question marks versus a fully stocked, organized cooler verified with green check marks—illustrating how Stoc’s AI ensures product visibility and perfect shelf execution.

    Unstoppable Growth with AI in Retail: Smarter Beverage Execution
    • AI in Retail
    • Inventory Optimization
    • Retail Technology
    Published September 2, 2025
    Why AI in Retail Matters in Beverage Distribution Picture this: a customer walks in, craving their favorite drink. They head…
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  • Comparison of beverages that are too warm or too cold next to a perfectly chilled cooler monitored by Stoc’s smart sensor and mobile dashboard ensuring ideal temperature and freshness.

    Cooler Temperature: Too Warm, You Burn Trust. Too Cold, You Burn Cash.
    • Cooler Performance
    • Stoc Platform
    • StocVision
    Published August 28, 2025
    Real-Time Cooler Monitoring: The Cold Reality of Temperature Drift Grab a favorite drink and it’s warm? Loyalty takes a hit….
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  • A smiling store manager uses a handheld device in front of beverage coolers while Stoc’s smart sensor and mobile dashboard display real-time stockouts, low stock, and planogram compliance data.

    You’re Not Alone: Turning Beverage Ops Pain into Opportunity
    • Retail Execution
    • Stoc Platform
    • StocVision
    Published August 26, 2025
    In beverage retailing, small problems never stay small.An empty shelf here, a missed temp spike there and suddenly sales slip,…
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