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JOURNAL OF RETAILING
Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 28-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2021.01.005
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Artificial intelligence; Retailing; Ethics; Privacy; Bias
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Artificial intelligence will have a substantial impact on retailing, but the near-term effects may not be as pronounced as expected. It is important to focus on augmenting managers' judgments and emphasize the value that can be obtained from non-customer-facing AI applications.
Artificial intelligence (AI) will substantially impact retailing. Building on past research and from interviews with senior managers, we examine how senior retailing managers should think about adopting AI, involving factors such as the extent to which an AI application is customer-facing, the amount of value creation, whether the AI application is online, and extent of ethics concerns. In addition, we highlight that the near-term impact of AI on retailing may not be as pronounced as the popular press might suggest, and also that AI is likely to be more effective if it focuses on augmenting (rather than replacing) managers' judgments. Finally, while press coverage typically involves customer-facing AI applications, we highlight that a lot of value can be obtained by adopting non-customer-facing applications. Overall, we remain very optimistic as regards the impact of AI on retailing. Finally, we lay out a research agenda and also outline implications for practice. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of New York University.
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