{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Retailgentic | Consumer Behavior & Retail Trend","title":"Agentic Shopping, Retail Data, & AI's Future | Ananda Chakravarty, VP Research @ IDC Retail Insights","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/83a64c67\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2963,"description":"In this episode of Retailgenic, Scot Wingo welcomes Ananda Chakravarty, VP of Research at IDC’s Retail Insights Group. Ananda shares his decades of retail and technology experience spanning Monster, Staples, Oracle, Diebold Nixdorf, and Forrester to help break down:\nThe real definition of Agentic AI\nHow retailers must prepare their data and sites for AI agents\nWhy product discovery is ripe for AI-driven transformation\nThe massive implications for pricing, loyalty, personalization, and retail media\nHow agent-to-agent commerce may soon reshape buying behavior entirely\nThis is a must-listen for anyone thinking about the future of retail, commerce, and AI.\n\n📰 Subscribe to the free Substack: retailgentic.ai\n📺 Watch episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@retailgentic\n🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc.\nHighlights:\n00:02:15 Ananda explains his IDC report on agentic AI & product discovery\n00:05:00 His career journey: engineering to business to retail tech\n00:10:45 Early e-commerce work at Monster, Staples, Talbots\n00:26:00 Deep dive into agentic AI orchestration & multi-agent workflows\n00:36:00 What retailers should do today to prep for AI agents\n00:41:00 How pricing, loyalty, and personalization will change\n00:44:00 Agents negotiating with agents (agent-to-agent commerce)\n00:48:00 The rapid acceleration of agentic traffic vs human traffic\n00:49:00 Where to follow Ananda's work","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jyq4gzL8GtJPwkKazAV0YqDIJx5HXtdIt_4jcLqe_8A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNThm/NDdlNDU0ODM5MTMx/YmM5NDcyYjM5YTNh/YjEzYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}