2026年零售与快消品行业AI应用状况与趋势报告_17页_1mb.docxVIP

SurveyReport

StateofAIinRetailandConsumerPackageGoods:2026Trends

TableofContents

SurveyOverview

AIinRetailandCPG:KeyTrendsforIndustryLeaders 3

ExecutiveSummary 3

AnIn-DepthLookattheResults

BusinessImpactandInvestmentTrends 6

AMoveTowardOpenSource 8

TheRiseofAgenticAI:TheNextCompetitiveFrontier 8

HowRetailandCPGAreLeveragingAIAcrosstheValueChain 10

SupplyChainResilience:AIasaStrategicImperative 13

ShiftingChallengesandtheImportanceofInference 15

LookingForward 17

Methodology 17

State

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SurveyOverview

AIinRetailandCPG:KeyTrendsforIndustryLeaders

Theretailandconsumerpackagedgoodsindustrieshavereachedacriticalinflectionpointintheirartificialintelligencejourney.AIisbeingdeployedthroughouteverylineofbusiness,fromthebackofficetothesupplychain,instoresandfordigitalcommerce.Mostimportantly,thoseAIsolutionsare

havingatangible,measurableimpactonthebottomline,helpingtostreamlineoperationsandboostemployeeproductivity.

Asexperimentationgiveswaytowidespreaddeployment,thecompetitivequestionhasshiftedfromwhethertoinvestinAItohowtodesignflexible,cost?efficientAIstacksthatalignwitheachorganization’sdata,talent,andriskstrategies.Thisincreasinglymeansmakingdeliberatechoicesabouthowtooptimizeinferenceatscale,howtobalanceopen?sourceandproprietarymodels,andwheretointroducenewcapabilitiessuchasagenticAIandphysicalAI.

ThisthirdannualNVIDIAStateofAIinRetailandCPGreportexaminesthestateofAIdeploymentacrossretailandCPG,analyzingbusinessimpactandinvestmenttrends,theevolutionofopenandflexibleAIstacks,theincreasedimportanceofagenticAI,strategicusecases,andthecriticalimplementation

challengesaroundtalent,datamaturity,andinferenceo