ShopSight’s selection for NRF’s Big Show 2026 Innovators Showcase in New York places the company among the top 50 global retail technology companies.
COLUMBUS, OH, UNITED STATES, January 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — ShopSight, the AI-powered, buyer-powered demand intelligence platform which helps brands validate what’s going to win, whether testing existing inventory, running limited drops, or forecasting demand before developing new concepts, today announced a series of major milestones that signal its rapid emergence as a leader in next-generation retail innovation.
At a time when brands are drowning in social signals while still missing trends, overstocking, and guessing what customers will buy, ShopSight addresses the industry’s most costly blind spot: the market certainty gap between what shoppers influence online and what brands can confidently bring to market.
ShopSight announced:
• Selection for the invitation-only NRF Big Show 2026 Innovators Showcase, where NRF highlights the top 50 global startups shaping the future of retail technology.
• Founder and CEO Nick Davis was named a 2026 Top Retail Expert by RETHINK Retail, recognizing leaders who are driving meaningful change in retail and consumer innovation.
• A major expansion of the ShopSight platform, including new features for buyer-led creation, validation, social sharing and faster information loops to commerce.
• The new Scout, ShopSight’s agentic analytics product, designed to provide instant demand forecasts and guidance on what to do next for product and merchandising teams.
• New customer momentum and ongoing case study with Sinkology, exploring how buyer insights influence materials, style preferences and price trade-offs in the home and remodeling categories.
“Retail doesn’t have a data problem, it has a certainty problem,” said Nick Davis, founder and CEO of ShopSight. “Brands can see trends, but they still can’t reliably answer the most important question: What will people actually buy – and why? ShopSight bridges this gap by turning shoppers into collaborators and converting creative, validation and behavior signals into clear, real-time demand forecasts.”
Validation of the NRF innovators showcase
ShopSight’s selection for NRF’s Big Show 2026 Innovators Showcase in New York places the company among the top 50 global retail technology companies that NRF “selects” to demonstrate tomorrow’s innovation.
At NRF, ShopSight will show how brands can launch design challenges and prediction campaigns that turn passive audiences into active co-creators, then convert those signals into practical outcomes: what to launch, how to price, what to message, and which concepts should be scrapped early.
Introducing Scout: Agentic Analytics for Faster Time to Market
ShopSight also announced the upcoming launch of Scout, an agent analytics feature designed to eliminate slow, manual workflows. Scout autonomously synthesizes buyer signals into ShopSight, including creative submissions, checkout behaviors, preference patterns, and emerging trend signals, then produces instant insights and demand forecasts designed for real teams working on real timelines.
“Scout is built for the new reality of retail. Product cycles are compressing, culture is evolving at the speed of algorithms, and the winners are the brands that can learn faster than the trend curve,” Davis said. “We believe agentic analytics will forever change the way brands go to market because it removes the bottleneck between knowledge and action. »
Real brands, real signals: Sinkology case study at the NRF
ShopSight currently partners with a number of retail brands across multiple industries. A recent case study with Sinkology, a leader in kitchen and bath design, demonstrates how buyer co-creation can move category decisions from subjective preference to measurable demand. Through true customer interaction with live product options, Sinkology gained faster, clearer insight into what shoppers are actually choosing, responding to and willing to pay for, enabling faster and more confident decisions about finishes, materials, styling elements and go-to-market strategy. In a market shaped by rapidly changing pricing and customer preferences, the book highlights how speed, certainty and real demand signal can significantly improve product planning and launch execution.
The team behind the platform
ShopSight is built by a team spanning consumer insights, retail innovation, product design and advanced AI, bringing experience in brand leadership, agency and technology roles. The company’s platform roadmap focuses on a single goal: helping brands learn faster, engage customers in a way they actually value, and launch products with significantly greater confidence.
See ShopSight at NRF 2026
ShopSight will demo Scout and the platform experience at NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show (January 11-13, 2026) as part of the NRF Innovators Showcase. Kiosk No. 8123
To schedule an on-site demo or press conference: (nick@shopsight.co) Learn more: shopsight.co
About ShopSight
ShopSight is a buyer-powered demand intelligence platform that helps brands understand what customers will buy and why, whether they’re testing existing products, validating new concepts, or deciding what to evolve next. By combining interactive buyer engagement, real-time validation signals and agentic analytics, ShopSight transforms customer engagement into clear decisions on product direction, pricing, positioning and go-to-market strategy. ShopSight supports brands in fashion, home, food and beverage, and retail innovation.
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