ICYMI - Saturday Meme to Monday Shelf: Mohit Rajhans on AI in the Shopping Mall

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · May 9, 2026 · 9m

AI retail technology is not a kiosk in the corner of the food court. Mohit Rajhans says it is the entire operating system of the store you are standing in.

Something trends on a meme on Saturday and retailers can have it in stores by Monday. Employees inside stores are working with gamified systems that turn hot-commodity restocking into a competitive exercise. The front of the store can be reprogrammed to reflect what was trending 48 hours ago. All of this runs on the data that shoppers have been leaving behind through their phones, their loyalty apps, and their Bluetooth signals.

Mohit…