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#MillenniumLive: Jeff Buck: Retail AI Is Only as Good as the Data Underneath It

By Natalia Nordquist • in #MillenniumLive, Interview, Podcast, Retail
on October 28, 2026

#MillenniumLive: Jeff Buck: Retail AI Is Only as Good as the Data Underneath It

How can retailers turn the data they already have into smarter decisions, more effective merchandising, and real business value from AI? In this episode of the Millennium Live Podcast, we sit down with Jeff Buck, CEO of Robling, to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of retail analytics, retail data strategy, and AI-powered decision-making. With decades of experience building retail analytics companies, Jeff shares why he returned to the industry to launch Robling in 2018, helping retailers transform retail data into actionable insights that support smarter, faster business decisions. and what he believes retailers need to do differently to unlock the value of their data. Jeff discusses why organizations continue to struggle with disconnected data, overwhelming dashboards, limited customer visibility, and legacy systems that all stand in the way of better decisions. Jeff also explains how AI can empower merchants with actionable insights while keeping human judgment at the center of critical buying, assortment, and merchandising decisions.

Listen on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music

About Robling

Robling helps retailers unite data across silos and unlock insights that generate millions in new revenue, increased margins and enhanced productivity across the enterprise. Customers like Belk, Hot Topic and Accent Decor use Robling to put data and analytics at the fingertips of everyone who needs it, from data scientists to retail executives, using any BI or analytics front-end tools they prefer. Unlike typical data warehousing approaches, Robling’s Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) is a product, not an endless project. Robling’s fully cloud-based analytics foundation — featuring connectors to common retail systems — rapidly delivers on retailers’ most valuable and pressing analytic use cases, all backed by the company’s software and its unique blend of retail, technical and analytics expertise.

To learn more, visit http://www.robling.io

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