Retail Strategy 5.0: Quantum Technologies and Intelligent Decision-Making

Retail Strategy 5.0 examines how quantum computing, quantum-inspired optimisation, and intelligent analytics are set to reshape the strategic foundations of contemporary retail. As retailers confront volatile supply chains, data-intensive operations, sustainability imperatives, and increasingly personalised consumer expectations, conventional digital and AI-driven approaches are reaching the limits of their capacity to support large-scale, real-time decision-making. This timely work introduces Retail Strategy 5.0 as a forward-looking framework for understanding how quantum technologies can work alongside artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, and human-centric design to address complex challenges in pricing, inventory management, demand forecasting, personalisation, fraud detection, and resilient supply chain orchestration.

Suitable for academics, researchers, advanced students, and retail professionals, the book bridges emerging computational theory and practical strategic application. It explains foundational quantum concepts in an accessible manner while developing conceptual models, decision-making taxonomies, use cases, and future research directions for quantum-enabled retail ecosystems. By positioning quantum technologies not simply as technical innovations but as strategic enablers of sustainable, adaptive, and intelligent commerce, Retail Strategy 5.0 offers a timely and authoritative reference for readers seeking to understand why these technologies matter, how they may be adopted, and what role they will play in shaping the next generation of retail strategy.