What is virtual store management?

Virtual store management gives retail and CPG teams a remote view of store layout, shelf conditions, displays, and priority zones using structured store data, images, video, connected cameras, or robotics.

Can Clobotics monitor stores without a field visit?

Yes. SmartView connected cameras and autonomous shelf robotics can support repeated monitoring, while mobile image and video capture adds detailed evidence during scheduled visits.

How does virtual store management support merchandising?

Teams can compare store layouts, shelf positions, share of shelf, product availability, displays, and asset conditions, then route the highest-priority corrections to the right team.

Retail operations manager assembling store aisle images into a virtual layout on a laptop

Retail intelligence › Virtual store management

VIRTUAL STORE MANAGEMENT

See every store.
Manage from anywhere.

Turn store layout, shelf evidence, and merchandising conditions into a remote operating view for retail and CPG teams.

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STORE DIGITIZATION

One operating view for layout, shelves, and action.

Build a digital record of the physical store and keep it useful for the people who manage categories, field execution, and retail operations.

A shelf-scanning robot mapping a supermarket beside a 3D virtual store layout — See the left side capture the real store while the right side recreates it as a structured 3D layout for remote review and action.

Remote store walks

Review aisle views, shelves, coolers, displays, and priority zones without waiting for a consolidated report.

Layout and space intelligence

Connect layout, shelf position, shopper paths, and category context in one view.

Store performance comparisons

Compare stores, regions, banners, and time periods using consistent visual evidence.

Priority actions

Turn store evidence into focused availability, planogram, pricing, promotion, and placement actions.

GUIDED VIDEO CAPTURE

Capture better store evidence in less time.

Convert guided shelf video into reviewable 2D imagery on the device, with an immediate quality check before anything is uploaded.

Retail field representative capturing shelf conditions with a mobile phone — Guided mobile capture helps field teams collect complete, usable shelf evidence during the store visit.

FASTER FIELDWORK

Better evidence without a heavier cloud workflow.

Check quality on the spot.Teams can confirm that converted shelf imagery is complete and usable before leaving the aisle.
Process on the device.Video-to-image conversion avoids extra cloud processing and storage compared with uploading the original video.
Introduce it without disruption.The guided workflow fits naturally into field collection while improving the consistency of the evidence received.

Conversion time varies with the mobile device’s processor and available memory.

60%conversion achieved within three months

⅓ lessin-store collection time

5–10%improvement in image quality

“We didn’t feel any disruption with this big change.”

VALUE BY ROLE

One store view. Different decisions.

STORE OPERATIONS

Find the next store action

Review aisle views, shelf conditions, and priority corrections without waiting for a consolidated report.

MERCHANDISING

Compare layouts and placement

Measure planograms, placement, and share of shelf across stores and retail formats.

CATEGORY LEADERSHIP

Connect space to performance

Use spatial context to understand availability, assortment, and commercial opportunity.

EXECUTIVES

Track execution across the network

See consistent evidence across banners, regions, and time to guide investment.

SEE YOUR STORES DIFFERENTLY

Turn physical stores into a view your teams can act on.

Tell us which stores, shelves, and decisions you need to manage remotely.

Talk to our retail team

See every store.Manage from anywhere.