For independent retailers
Retail Pro
For the business.
And the people behind it.
A busy shop leaves little room for another report. Bring your store information, daily priorities, and creative work together—with Ava to help you work through the next step.
01 / Start with the store
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A clearer starting point.
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Ava + Nexus / A worked decision
The stock needs to move.
The cash needs to stay.
You have three weeks before the season turns, a wall of uneven sizes, and a supplier asking for another order. A storewide discount would move units. Would it leave the business better off?
The owner’s brief “Clear some of our linen stock, protect the cash we need next month, and don’t give away margin on products people would buy anyway.”
- Linen shirts
- 120 units / $64 price / $28 cost
- Stock held back
- 12 units for exchanges
- Matching totes
- 30 units / $18 price / $6 cost
- Spendable cash
- $250 after the owner’s reserve
What Ava brings together
The owner’s cash reserve, product costs, exchange holds, size-level stock, and what the team knows about ordinary demand.
What Nexus weighs
Whether an option is feasible, the contribution range, the margin sacrificed on existing demand, and what happens if the assumptions fail.
What the owner reviews
A proposed test with a spending limit, stock checks, and a review date. A recommendation never places an order or launches a campaign.
Inspect the assumptions and arithmetic
- Targeted bundle
- One $64 shirt + one $18 tote, offered at $74. Product cost $34; merchandise margin $40 per bundle. Assume 18–30 sales, $180 campaign spend, and six customers who would otherwise pay $82: subtract $48 for that discount leakage. Contribution: 18 × $40 − $180 − $48 = $492, through 30 × $40 − $180 − $48 = $972.
- Broad markdown
- Shirts reduced to $44. Assume 30–60 sales, $180 campaign spend, and 12 customers who would have paid $64. Contribution: units × ($44 − $28) − $180 − (12 × $20) = $60–$540.
- Full-price, existing channels
- Use the shop display and existing channels without additional campaign spend. Assume 8–14 sales at $64: units × ($64 − $28) = $288–$504.
- New supplier order
- 45 shirts at $28 require $1,260 now, exceeding both cash limits. No return is estimated without demand evidence.
- When constraints change
- Only 12 size matches limits the bundle to an assumed 8–12 sales: $92–$252 after the same campaign spend and discount leakage. An $80 cash limit rules out both $180 campaigns. Unreliable inventory pauses stock-dependent recommendations until a count is checked.
For the three quantified options, compare the midpoint of each contribution range after checking cash and stock. This is a transparent comparison rule, not a proof of an optimal strategy. Contribution is before payment fees, fulfillment, staff time, tax, and other overhead. Inventory cost is included in margin; cash needed now shows additional campaign or purchase spending. The stock is assumed to be owned and paid for.
Unresolved checks: size-level conversion, exchange rate, customer overlap, campaign response, channel costs, and whether the tote would sell at full price without the bundle. A real recommendation needs those checks and sensitivity analysis.
03 / Beyond the shop floor
Be there for the
sideline moments, too.
Your business matters. So does the rest of your day. Owner Remote brings available store information into a focused view, while your team handles the work in the shop.
A quick check can help you decide what deserves a conversation—and what can wait until you’re back.
Where Vacation Mode is headed →Your business, your call
Ava learns the context.
You set the boundaries.
- Business DNA
- Your business details, priorities, and communication preferences shape the context.
- Ava Permissions
- Set what Ava may do. Personalization never grants extra authority.
- Your team
- Role access, profile sessions, and shared usage allowances keep the workspace organized.
Still in development
What comes next.
We’ll confirm the available workflows and connections with you before a pilot begins.
Vacation Mode
Away preferences, contacts, and attention thresholds can be configured. Automatic monitoring, digests, and contact delivery are not connected yet.
Calls & Messages
Planned phone coverage and reviewed follow-up. Proposed hours and minute allowances vary by plan.
Product detail review
A proposed read-first review of Shopify product information, with sources and before/after values. Automatic changes are not available from this page.
Campaign follow-through
Creative preparation is part of Studio. Direct publishing, scheduling, paid ads, and connected attribution require further integrations.
Choose a useful pilot
Start with one store workflow.
Bring a task your team already does, the systems it depends on, and a result you would find useful. We’ll confirm the pilot scope, price, and included usage with you.