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When a Store Starts Thinking

SAP, Thursday, September 10th, 2026

An intelligent retail installation at New York Fashion Week demonstrates real-time operations from a command center.

SAP built a Retail Innovation Lab with N4XT Experiences and fashion brand RE/DONE during New York Fashion Week, demonstrating connected customer journeys and real-time store operations monitored from a command center.

The installation shows Industry AI combining business data with contextual intelligence to support autonomous commerce decisions.

As a showcase it is naturally idealized, but the architecture is instructive for retail IT teams: the value comes from connecting point-of-sale, inventory and customer data in real time, which is the integration work that precedes any AI layer.

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