Retail Assistant

Retail Assistant is an AI-powered assistant designed to help retail teams analyze sales trends, generate reports, and gain actionable insights into business drivers. Built with SwiftUI for iOS, it provides an interactive chat interface, trend visualizations, and customizable reports for retail managers and staff.

Features

• 💬 AI Chat Assistant — Ask questions about retail sales, trends, and performance.
• 📊 Sales & Trend Reports — Visual dashboards and automated report generation.
• 🌐 API Integration — Connects to backend services for live retail data.
• 🎨 Custom UI Components — Fluid animations, curved backgrounds, and sleek design.
• 🔒 Secure Authentication — Integrated user login & profile management.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: SwiftUI (iOS)
• State Management: Combine & AppStorage
• Networking: RESTful API Client
• Graphics: Metal Shader (Fluid Effects)
• Backend: PostgreSQL & Python

📂 Project Structure

• Retail-Assistant/
  • Features/ — Feature modules (AskView, Settings, etc.)
  • Components/ — Reusable UI components (ChatBubble, TabBar, etc.)
  • Resources/ — Assets (Images, Colors, etc.)
  • Models/ — Data models (ChatMessage, UserProfile, etc.)
  • Views/ — Screen views and layout
  • README.md — Project documentation

Demo

RAG Data

Datasets

• SampleSuperstore.csv
  A sample retail dataset containing order IDs, product categories, sales, profit, and customer segment fields for “Retrieval-Augmented Generation” (RAG) indexing.

Reports

All markdown files live under the nrf_state_reports/ directory:

• 2025 US Retail Industry Outlook _ Deloitte Insights.md
  Deloitte’s comprehensive outlook on the U.S. retail industry for 2025.
• NRF_RetailsImpactReport_March2024.md
  National Retail Federation’s March 2024 report on retail impact metrics.
• pwc-the-future-of-retail-reinventing-business-models-for-success.md
  PwC’s analysis of reinventing retail business models for long-term success.
• US consumer spending trends 2025 _ McKinsey.md
  McKinsey’s deep dive into consumer spending patterns for 2025.
• Voice_of_the_Consumer_2025_PwC.md
  PwC’s “Voice of the Consumer” survey insights for 2025.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

   git clone git@github.com:slliland/Retail-Assistant.git
   cd Retail-Assistant

2. Open in Xcode
   Double-click Retail-Assistant.xcodeproj.
3. Run
   Select a simulator or device and hit Run (⌘R).

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