Kerala's Sylcon deploys Staqu Tech's JARVIS AI solution to power retail store operations
'This collaboration marks a significant step in Sylcon's digital transformation journey as it leverages artificial intelligence to drive smarter store operations, enhance customer experience, and unlock operational agility,' Staqu Technologies said in a statement.
With the integration of JARVIS, Sylcon now receives daily footfall analytics across all its retail outlets, enabling managers to plan staffing, product placement, and promotional campaigns based on customer movement patterns.
The platform also offers real-time conversion tracking—allowing the retailer to monitor performance at store, department, and even shelf-level, ensuring faster response times and data-informed decision-making.
'JARVIS has empowered us to extract valuable operational insights from our existing CCTV infrastructure,' Faizan Mohamad, Executive Director, Sylcon.
'With real-time visibility into footfall trends and customer movement patterns, we are optimising staffing, product placements, and promotional campaigns more effectively. This AI-enabled intelligence is helping us deliver a sharper, more responsive in-store experience while improving operational efficiency,' he said.
'Retailers like Sylcon are embracing JARVIS not just to monitor what's happening in their stores—but to understand why it's happening. The true power of AI lies in its ability to uncover hidden patterns, inform smarter decisions, and ultimately transform the way businesses think about efficiency and experience. With JARVIS, we're enabling retail leaders to move from intuition to intelligence—seamlessly, and at scale,' said Atul Rai, Co-Founder & CEO, Staqu Technologies.
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