Why guided search fails
Most bad recommendations are not model failures. They are missing product type, color, capacity, or usage signals.
Insights
Notes on AI retail operations.
Short field notes from catalog QA, guided selling, localization, and search relevance work.
The operator layer matters
High-performing AI shopping assistants need editable merchandising fields, not hidden prompts only.
Explainability sells
Customers trust recommendations faster when fit reasons and tradeoffs are explicit.