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More margin per order.
Less effort per product.

For managing directors and heads of e-commerce in retail groups, multi-brand and direct-to-consumer commerce. Growth and operations meet in the same numbers: conversion, returns, product data, cost per order.

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The management view

Where the money moves.

Every question on this page lands in one of three places: revenue, cost per order, or cash tied up in stock.

Margin per order and cash
Revenue
Cost per order
Cash tied up
Grow · Growth & PerformanceRun better · AI Operating System, Modernization
What is changing

Revenue grows more easily than margin.

Margin under pressure

Marketplaces, ad costs and price transparency leave less per order.

Returns eat profit

Every return costs handling, inspection and often the contribution margin.

More products, more channels

Product data, images and copy have to be right for every channel, at volume.

Service at volume

Inquiries grow with revenue; service capacity does not.

Grow

Where does growth actually make money?

We connect market and competitor knowledge with your numbers after returns and marketing.

  • Which assortments, channels and markets make money after returns and advertising?
  • Where do we lose conversion through product data and content?
  • Which cross-border markets are ready for us, and are we ready for them?
  • How do our prices and assortment compare with the vendors our customers also check?

For retail we agree the scope and the question together in a first conversation.

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Run better

Where does every extra order cost too much manual work?

We redesign the high-volume workflows and bring them into production with AI, measured against one number.

  • Catalog and image processing across the whole assortment
  • Classifying and routing customer inquiries
  • Returns handling, from inspection to restocking
  • Product data and PIM across all channels

Measured at OTTO Group: 60% lower cost in catalog image processing.

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Where to start

Where your question is.

Three services that connect. You do not have to start at the beginning.

01 · Find out whereWe scope the question with you

You want to grow, but you do not know which assortment, channel or market pays after all costs.

Growth & Performance →
02 · Change howBusiness Case, 2 weeks, €10k

You know which workflow is too costly, too slow or too error-prone.

AI Operating System →
03 · Fix the foundationModernization audit

Old systems block every improvement, and the knowledge sits with a few people.

Modernization →
Cases

From retail.

AI Operating System · OTTO Group

Catalog image processing rebuilt with AI

Across the full assortment. Measured result: 60% lower cost in that process.

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AI Operating System · product data

PIM processes analysed and redesigned

Workshops on bottlenecks and workflow in product information management at scale.

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Insights

Articles for management

Short, practical pieces on growth, operations and AI.

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Chefsache KI · German-language briefing

Seven decisions for management and advisory boards

The free retail edition, with every tool as a file.

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One conversation, both directions.

In 20 minutes we work out whether your question is about growth and margin or about the operation, and what a sensible first step is.

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