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New benchmark and framework assess AI agents in complex retail data workflows

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Researchers have introduced RetailBridge, a new benchmark designed to evaluate AI agents in complex enterprise retail workflows that involve chaining evidence across diverse data sources. To support this benchmark, they developed RetailRAG, a specialized framework that enhances LLM agents with retail-specific capabilities like auto-schema briefing and source-routed plan chaining. Evaluations using RetailRAG on ten different LLM backbones demonstrated that reliable retail agents necessitate explicit cross-source orchestration, as scaling alone does not resolve the primary bottleneck in multi-source chaining. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more capable AI agents for complex enterprise tasks by highlighting the need for better cross-source data orchestration.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a new benchmark and framework for evaluating AI agents. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New benchmark and framework assess AI agents in complex retail data workflows

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  1. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Hwanjun Song ·

    Toward Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Enterprise Retail Workflows over Heterogeneous Data Sources

    Enterprise retail workflows require agents to chain evidence across heterogeneous sources, from structured product and order records to unstructured inquiries and reviews, yet existing agentic RAG benchmarks rarely capture this challenge. To enable controlled evaluation of such w…

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