AI agents for category management & buying

2 agents you can switch on today

Category Strategy Writer

Drafts a category's role, strategy and targets from its sales, mix and pricing.

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Who it's for: Your team (console, API)
Data it needs: Products, Order lines
Tools it uses: sales analytics by category, channel or period; assortment and range analytics; read-only SQL over your retail data (sandboxed per workspace)

Ask it, for example:

• "Write a category strategy for handbags"
• "Strategy for women's dresses"
• "What role should beauty play in our mix?"

Buy Depth Recommender

Recommends buy depth per option from how similar past styles sold.

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Who it's for: Your team (console, API)
Data it needs: Products, Order lines, Inventory
Tools it uses: read-only SQL over your retail data (sandboxed per workspace)

Ask it, for example:

• "How deep should we buy a new black dress at $60?"
• "Buy depth for a new handbag style"
• "Recommend depth for 5 new heel options"

Coming next

• Buyer Negotiation Prep: Prepares negotiation briefs with supplier performance, cost trends and targets for the buyer.
• Rebate and Funding Tracker: Tracks earned supplier rebates and promotional funding against agreements and flags unclaimed amounts.
• Cost Price Increase Reviewer: Assesses supplier cost increase requests against commodity indices and recommends accept, negotiate or reject.
• Private Label Opportunity Finder: Finds categories where a private-label product could win on price, margin and customer demand.
• Fresh Buying Assistant: Advises fresh buyers on volumes and prices using weather, harvest reports and waste history.
• Launch Day Buy Planner: Sizes buys for new device launches from pre-orders, past launches and supplier allocation limits.
• Beauty Brand Partner Evaluator: Evaluates beauty brands to onboard or exit based on growth, exclusivity and counter productivity.
• Pet Category Trend Analyst: Tracks premiumisation, fresh food and wellness trends in pet care to guide range decisions.
• Parts Catalogue Coverage Analyst: Measures how much of the local vehicle population the parts range covers and finds gaps.
• OTC Range Compliance Checker: Checks the OTC range against licensing rules, pack-size limits and pharmacy-only classifications.
• Title Buying Assistant: Recommends initial order quantities for new titles from author history, publicity and pre-orders.
• Licence Performance Tracker: Tracks sales of licensed character products and advises on renewing or dropping licences.
• Brand Onboarding Assessor: Assesses new brands for department-store fit, margin structure and wholesale versus concession model.
• Impulse Range Selector: Selects counter and checkout impulse lines per store from footfall, mission and margin.
• Brand Allocation Negotiator: Prepares for allocation talks with major sports brands using sell-through and launch performance.
• Pre-owned Luxury Buyer: Values pre-owned watches and bags for buy-in using condition, market prices and authentication results.

How to turn them on

1. Load the data each agent needs (upload, API or, soon, a connector to your e-commerce platform).
2. Open Agent catalog in the ServiceBuddy console: agents whose data is present show as ready.
3. Install, add your own instructions, and test in the Playground.