AI Retail Agent: Understanding Planogram Compliance and Automated Shelf Scanning

AI Retail Agent: Understanding Planogram Compliance and Automated Shelf Scanning

Introduction Real-time planogram compliance is the foundation of the value Stoc delivers. Every feature of the platform-from cooler captures to accuracy scoring-is designed to help stores understand exactly what is on their shelves at any moment, without relying on slow manual shelf scanning or weekly audits. With an AI Retail Agent monitoring every door swing…

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

Every retailer has data. POS systems track sales, distributors log deliveries, and managers record store insights. Yet the real story emerges only by combining data from your sales with Stoc’s cooler intelligence to see the full picture. Sales down 12% this week? That’s a fact. Why sales dropped? That’s a mystery. This is where Stoc…

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

Merchandising is not just about stocking shelves. It’s about putting the right product in the right spot at the right time to capture attention and drive sales. The reality? Most retailers and distributors are leaving money on the table because their merchandising is not optimized. The good news: it doesn’t take long to see measurable…

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

Planogram Recap Planograms have been around for decades, but too often they’re treated like static shelf maps that get updated a few times a year and never reflect what customers actually want. In the fast-moving world of beverage sales, that approach doesn’t cut it anymore. Shopper habits change every week, new products hit shelves every…

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 Agents in Retail Eliminate Bottlenecks Retail operations are hitting a ceiling. Despite heavy investment in digital transformation, many retailers remain stuck in a loop: powerful systems on one end, frontline teams on the other, and humans caught in the middle manually pushing tasks from detection to execution. It’s a legacy model, and it’s slowing…

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

Why AI in Retail Matters in Beverage Distribution Picture this: a customer walks in, craving their favorite drink. They head straight to the cooler, open the door, and nothing. Empty slot. In that moment, it’s not just a sale slipping away, it’s a hit to your reputation. Shoppers don’t wait around. They grab a competitor’s…

No More Guesswork: What Happens When Stoc Hits the Floor

The average beverage cooler loses up to 8% of daily sales to stockouts and another 7% to temperature spoilage. That’s real money lost on the ground, not in theory—and for most ops teams, it slips through the cracks unnoticed. That’s why retail leaders we work with aren’t just looking for tools—they’re looking for visibility, consistency,…