NIQ Brings New AI and Automation Capabilities to Retail Space Planning and Merchandising
Business Wire•02/10/2026•06:45 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤NIQ (NIQ) adds AI and automation capabilities to Spaceman merchandising platform
- ➤Store-specific planograms created up to 50 times faster with new enhancements
- ➤NIQ Optiq adds conversational AI for natural-language planogram creation and optimization
- ➤AI-powered compliance measurement identifies execution gaps across stores
- ➤Spaceman serves more than 600 retailers across 65+ countries
Expert Statements
Natalie Williams, SVP, Product at NIQ
“Retailers are under increasing pressure to localize assortments, execute consistently across stores, and respond more quickly to changing shopper behavior.”
Natalie Williams, SVP, Product at NIQ
“These enhancements help simplify that process by embedding agentic AI directly into merchandising workflows and automating traditionally manual planning tasks.”
Natalie Williams, SVP, Product at NIQ
“That means teams can spend less time building and updating planograms and more time acting on opportunities.”
Natalie Williams, SVP, Product at NIQ
“With greater automation, retailers can improve productivity, respond faster to change, and make more confident merchandising decisions at scale.”
NIQ Brings New AI and Automation Capabilities to Retail Space Planning and Merchandising
New AI and automation capabilities help retailers close execution gaps and scale merchandising decisions across every store.
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