Apple Store Creator on New Book and Retail’s AI Future
THE SO WHAT
The Apple Store was built on human-led experience design; the next wave of retail will be about where AI augments that without eroding trust. If you run physical retail, your edge is still in-store experience — use AI to personalize and simplify, not to replace the core interaction.
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