Stay Ahead of Trends: How AI Scans the Industry and Suggests Your Next Best-Seller
Trend Scout reads trade publications daily. Product Scout turns insights into product proposals. Your customers vote on what they want.
The New Product Problem
Every week, your distributor sends a 40-page catalog. You flip through it between customers, maybe flag a few items, and forget the rest. Meanwhile, your competitor started carrying that viral chamoy candy three weeks before you heard about it.
Trend Scout: Your AI Industry Analyst
Trend Scout runs every Monday at 6:00 AM Pacific:
- Scans RSS feeds from 12+ trade publications — Supermarket News, Progressive Grocer, Grocery Dive
- Reads full articles with Claude AI, extracting product trends and seasonal opportunities
- Cross-references your basket data — enriches insights with your actual sales
- Sends a weekly Telegram digest — 5-8 actionable insights, grounded in article text
Urgent trends (recalls, regulatory changes) trigger immediate alerts.
Product Scout: From Trend to Proposal
Product Scout takes it further:
- Identifies specific products from trend articles
- Researches pricing, supplier availability, margin potential
- Generates bilingual proposals (EN/ES) with suggested retail price
- Publishes to admin dashboard for review
Customer Voting: Let Demand Drive Decisions
When you publish a proposal, customers see it on the Roadmap page and can vote:
- ❤️ Love it — "I'd buy this regularly"
- 👍 Like it — "Worth trying"
- 👎 Not for me
Telegram notifications alert your customer base. You see aggregated votes in real-time. Stock only what customers actually want — no more dead stock from trend-chasing.
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