Upshop

Upshop builds an AI-powered total store operations platform for grocery and convenience retailers. The software synchronizes fresh, centre store, eCommerce and direct-store-delivery operations, using demand forecasting and predictive analytics to align production and inventory with each store's demand patterns, stock positions and operating rhythms. The stated purpose is to cut food waste, optimise inventory and reduce manual work for store associates, addressing a food-retail problem that costs billions daily in waste and inefficient stock.

The Upshop Total Store Operations Platform spans several technical domains relevant to engineers and data scientists: artificial intelligence, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, predictive analytics and production optimization. Reported outcomes include 98% forecast accuracy at customer Wegmans and, among ethnic grocers, millions of dollars freed in working capital.

The company reports retail expertise of more than 30 years and says its software powers 50,000 stores for more than 450 retailers across 35 countries. Its verticals cover food retail, grocery, convenience retail, fresh operations, eCommerce/DTC grocery and direct-store-delivery. Upshop describes its mission as eliminating friction between retail strategy and store execution.