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Why do companies still fail to communicate properly? 

Everyone is stressing about massive job loss due to AI-automation - but how will jobs actually change when AI enters the workplace? Less bullshit tasks? Or - god forbid - more?

Stochastic forecasts are technically better and operationally ignored; the bottleneck was never the math, it was the planner's calendar.

Better forecasting is not a new idea. It remains one of the most underexploited ones.

There was no escaping the AI hype in 2025. Now, the real work begins.

In our recent expert contribution for Fashion United, we predicted that 2026 will be a year of correction. We are stepping away from the idea of using AI for everything and focusing on what truly matters: Returns, Sustainability, and Operational Excellence.

Below, you will find the extended version of that contribution.

Retail is moving at warp speed. Climate pressure, unpredictable consumers, rapidly evolving tech, … Blink and you’re not relevant anymore. And as if that wasn’t enough: AI is rewriting the retail rulebook. Sign up for this one-of-a-kind event on October 7 in Antwerp!
 

Even a DIY-giant like Brico doesn’t do everything itself. Instead of blindly hammering away at their margins with discounts, they called in Crunch to figure out what spreadsheets could never.