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AI That Delivers: Transforming Retail & CX - Webinar Highlight

Steven Mckinlay
February 20, 2026
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On Demand Webinar    Zendesk Partner Event

Explore how leading retail and eCommerce brands are applying AI to improve customer outcomes and operational efficiency. This article includes a high impact workflow: AI Concierge - From return to new sale within 60 seconds recorded during the live webinar AI That Delivers: Transforming Retail and CX recently hosted with Zendesk and agnoStack.

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What You’ll Learn

Practical insights for CX leaders and teams ready to move from AI hype to measurable results.

Key Takeaways

  • * Practical AI applications in customer support and service delivery
  • * How to deliver faster, more personalised customer experiences
  • * Where automation creates the most impact — and where humans matter most
  • * Real examples of AI adoption inside CX and service teams
  • * What it takes to implement AI successfully with the right platform and strategy

Who It’s For

Retail & eCommerce Teams

CX leaders, ops, digital, product, and technical teams looking to streamline post-purchase experiences, reduce ticket effort, and improve loyalty with practical AI use cases.

If you're a retailer trying to cut through the AI noise and focus on real, measurable impact from your data, this will be a practical and insightful session. We also analyse what the retail market is doing right now, how leading brands are unlocking value from systems they already own, and why the future of CX depends on activating the entire retail operation — not just the contact centre.

Highlight Clip

AI Concierge: From Return to Sale Within 60 Seconds
A highlight from the webinar showing how an AI concierge workflow can turn a potential churn moment into a retained customer, and even a new sale - in under a minute.

Highlight clip: AI Concierge - From Return to Sale Within 60 Seconds

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Unlock the full on-demand replay to see the broader strategy, additional retail/CX use cases, and implementation considerations - available instantly after signup.

Meet the Speakers

Expert speakers sharing first-hand experience delivering AI solutions in real customer environments.

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Kaan Tavli

Practice Director - Zendesk

optimate.me

Kaan is a CX and AI transformation leader who works with leading ANZ brands to bridge the gap between people, process and technology and turn customer experience strategy into operational reality.
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Adam Grohs

CEO

agnoStack

Adam is a recognised AI and customer experience technology leader who designs award-winning commerce and service platforms that help support teams unlock real value from AI. A regular speaker at leading global retail and CX events.

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