For two decades, AI in the enterprise has played a supporting role, better forecasts, sharper insights, faster reports. Humans still made the call. That era is ending.

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AI agents are the next inflection point. Unlike the AI tools that came before them, agents act, autonomously, within guardrails, across the planning, operating and commercial layers of the business. They surface trade-offs, weigh options and execute, around the clock and at machine speed. For retail and manufacturing leaders, this is a shift in operating model. It has direct consequences for margin, availability, working capital, customer experience and the shape of the organisation itself.

The early movers are already pulling ahead, leaner planning teams, sharper assortment and pricing decisions, more responsive store operations, and a clearer competitive edge in the parts of the business customers feel most. The companies waiting risk a familiar pattern: by the time the value is obvious, the lead is unrecoverable.

This invitation-only roundtable brings senior leaders from across retail and manufacturing, technology, transformation, supply chain, operations, merchandising, category, pricing and digital, together for a candid, peer-driven discussion on what AI agents really mean for the business. Beyond the hype, beyond the demos, and in the language, executives plan in.