Cybex The Quarterly
Retail AI · Data Platform · Advisory · Volume 1, 2026

A next-level data platform for retail AI, with the thinking behind it.

The Cybex Retail AI Data Hub turns your existing BI data warehouse into a feature-ready foundation for allocation, replenishment, forecasting, pricing, and store operations. Paired with twenty-four essays of strategic thinking and a delivery-first advisory practice led by operators who have built these systems for twenty years.

Sources → Warehouse → Feature Store → AI Applications.

Adapters map your native schemas — POS, eCom, ERP, WMS, loyalty, supply — into a conformed retail model. The feature store delivers curated signals (SiteIX, SizeIX, WOS, elasticities, embeddings) directly into allocation, replenishment, forecasting, and pricing workflows.

Full data lineage, quality gates, and SLAs throughout. Near real-time ingestion with change-data-capture streams. Role-based access, masking, and audit logging built in — not bolted on.

SLAs for freshness Data lineage & versioning Feature store ready

Unified Data Flow

Unified Data Flow Diagram Data flowing from Retail Sources, through a Retail BI Data Warehouse, to an AI Feature Store, and finally to AI Applications. Retail Sources • POS / eCom • ERP / WMS • Planning & Merch • Vendor & Marketplace • Customer & Loyalty • Supply & Logistics • Pricing & Promo • Footfall & Sensors Retail BI Data Warehouse • Conformed dimensions (Style, SKU, Site, Calendar 4-5-4) • Facts (Sales, InventoryOH, Orders, Receipts, Transfers) • SCD, lineage, quality rules & contracts • Near real-time ingestion w/ CDC streams AI Feature Store • SiteIX, SizeIX, SeasonIX • AvgWeeklyUnits, WOS • Deficit/Surplus, Elasticities • Price/Promo features • Embeddings for products/stores AI Applications Allocation • Replenishment • Forecast • Assortment • CRM

Full lineage, quality gates, and SLAs throughout.

Module Key insights Business impact
Allocation Size-curve optimisation, demand-based store tiering, weeks-of-supply balancing Reduce overstock 25–30%, cut stockouts across locations
Merchandising Price-volume-mix analysis, LY/TY comp reporting, margin and markdown optimisation Improve gross margin 3–5% with data-grounded pricing
Sales Audit Transaction anomaly detection, discount compliance, void/return pattern analysis Identify revenue leakage, reduce shrinkage up to 20%
CRM & Loyalty RFM segmentation, churn prediction, personalised promotion targeting Boost repeat purchase 15–20%, increase customer LTV
Assortment Plan Cluster-based assortment, seasonal buy planning, style performance scoring Optimise buy depth and breadth, 40% faster planning
MPOS Real-time clienteling, inventory lookup, omnichannel fulfilment at point of sale Increase average transaction value 10–15%

Cloud-Native

Azure, AWS, or GCP managed warehouses and object storage, autoscaling compute, and serverless APIs. Elastic to peak-season demand.

Hybrid

Keep POS and ERP on-premise; land data to cloud for AI feature generation and serving. Best of both worlds, without a forced migration.

On-Premise SQL Server

Leverage SQL Server 2025 with native JSON/binary JSON, Python ETL, and SQLite edge caches at the store level where latency matters.

Fast start. Drop-in adapters for Allocation, Merchandising, Sales Audit, CRM, Assortment, MPOS, and Shopify. Typical pilot runs 6–8 weeks from data ingest to the first AI-assisted decisions in production.
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Ready to activate AI on your retail BI?

We will connect to your warehouse, map the native schemas to the Cybex conformed model, and light up feature stores for your first AI use cases — allocation, replenishment, forecasting, price and promo, and more. A working pilot in weeks, not quarters.

Or reach us directly at lazarbelos@gmail.com.

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