The Retail Tales
Where Artificial Intelligence meets Retail
A podcast that's exclusively focused on exploring the possibilities at the intersection of Retail and AI
Artificial Intelligence meets Retail
With 8500+ subscribers, The Retail Tales (TRT) podcast exclusively focuses on exploring the possibilities at the intersection of Retail and AI. It covers a wide array of topics on that intersection - including enterprise value and governance of AI for retailers, ethical and responsible application of AI to solve retail signature issues, opportunities and threats for AI in retail, and many more.
The podcast is hosted by Saurabh Vijayvergia, who is an industry expert with 19+ years of experience in driving top-line growth, margin optimization, and business model transformation for retailers, using an AI-first mindset.
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Future of Retail - Insights from CES and NRF 2026
In this episode of The Retail Tales , host Saurabh reflects on his experiences at two major industry events of 2026, Consumer Electronic Show (#CES) and National Retail Federation (#NRF). He emphasizes that CES showcases the future of techn
Inside Walmart’s AI Journey - From Pilots to Scale
Guest: Aaron Berg
Scaling AI in retail is not about experimentation anymore. It is about execution. In this episode of The Retail Tales , host Saurabh sits down with Aaron Berg , Vice President of Digital Transformation at Walmart , for a candid conversation
Holiday Season 2025 - AI Meets the Value-Seeking Consumer
Guest: Brian McCarthy
Holiday 2025 is here — and consumers are rewriting the rules. In this episode of The Retail Tales , our host Saurabh Vijayvergia is joined by Brian McCarthy , Partner at Deloitte Consulting and co-author of Deloitte’s 2025 Holiday Retail Su
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Saurabh Vijayvergia
US Retail AI Strategy and Engineering Lead and Partner at Deloitte Consulting
Saurabh Vijayvergia is a Retail AI strategy and engineering leader in Deloitte Consulting's retail and consumer products practice. In this role, he partners with CXOs and executive leaders of retail clients on top-line growth, customer acquisition and retention, and bottom-line optimization, by adopting an AI-first mindset across the retail value chain.
With more than 19 years of global consulting experience in the Consumer industry, he focuses on solving clients' signature issues across the retail value chain.
