Today’s retail landscape is complex: volatile consumer demand, cost pressures, and increasingly tangled logistics can erode margins. Legacy technology has difficulty adapting fast enough, leaving retailers with potentially expensive inefficiencies and missed opportunities. 

Quantum optimization is emerging as an important tool to help retailers navigate these complexities. Pattison Food Group cut workforce scheduling time by 80%—from 80 hours to just 15. Momentum Worldwide solved a months-long routing challenge in under an hour. These tangible results reflect new opportunities to drive efficiency, revenue, and customer loyalty. 

In this playbook, you’ll learn where quantum is making a positive impact across retail and how you can apply the same strategies to get ahead before the competitive window closes. 

Five Use Cases You’ll Learn About 

• Workforce Optimization: Slash scheduling time while balancing labor law requirements, budgets, and employee needs 

• Routing & Last Mile: Cut fuel costs and plan optimized routes more efficiently—reoptimizing dynamically as conditions change 

• Inventory Optimization: Reduce stockouts and holding costs while freeing up cash flow with real-time, SKU-level allocation 

• Price Optimization: Accelerate pricing decisions to increase revenue  

• Promotion Optimization: Deliver hyper-personalized offers across channels to boost conversion while protecting margins