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Turning 34 grocery stores into measurable retail floors

Grocery retail chain, Klang Valley · 34 stores · 12 months

Measured outcomes

+7.4%
Basket conversion
-62%
Shelf-gap duration
-31%
Peak queue wait
3.5 mo
Payback period

Starting point

Conversion was estimated from till receipts alone. Out-of-stocks on fast movers were found during evening replenishment, hours after the sale was lost, and chiller excursions were logged by hand three times a day.

We stopped arguing about what happened on the floor and started planning around it.
Head of Retail Operations

What we deployed

  • Edge AI cameras for anonymised footfall, dwell and queue-length counting
  • Shelf-gap detection on 180 high-velocity SKUs with alerts to handhelds
  • Wireless temperature and door sensors across chillers and freezers
  • Store scorecard dashboard with hourly conversion and staffing signals

What changed

  • Hourly staffing moved from fixed rosters to demand curves per store
  • Chiller excursions escalated within minutes instead of at the next manual check
  • Category teams review a single shared conversion metric across all 34 stores

Client names are withheld under commercial confidentiality; figures are drawn from post-deployment reviews agreed with each client.