Every Monday morning, retail executives across the globe face the same problem. Data from pricing systems, inventory platforms, competitor websites, and sales channels flowing into numerous spreadsheets. Teams spend Monday to Tuesday manually synthesizing reports and hunting for patterns. By Wednesday, when decisions finally need to be made, the time is already gone.
On January 8, 2026, Accenture announced their investment in Profitmind, an agentic AI platform built by retail operators for retail operators, making a bet on AI to solve the gap between insight and action. The investment, made through Accenture Ventures, is to capitalize on that by providing a platform to its client base of 9000+ globally.
"In retail, AI is reinventing how people shop, how businesses operate and how employees work," said Jill Standish, Accenture's global retail lead. "Profitmind bridges the gap between insight and action through agentic AI. It mirrors how retailers run their businesses, linking data from multiple sources for clear, prioritized recommendations that can be trusted and executed quickly."
