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JustAskGreg.ai is a specialized AI retail. hospitality and CPG analyst, not a generic chatbot. Unlike standard models that may "guess" or hallucinate answers, JustAskGreg is trained on 30+ years of proprietary IHL Group research, Sophia data, and WorldView forecasts. It provides fact-based, industry-specific answers derived from validated retail intelligence.

The platform is powered by IHL Group, a global research and advisory firm specializing in retail and hospitality technology. The intelligence comes directly from IHL's analyst reports, the Sophia data service, and the WorldView forecasting model.

Sophia is IHL's proprietary customer intelligence system tracking financial performance and technology installs for over 7,500 retailers, restuarants, and manufacturers. WorldView is a global IT spend forecast model covering 300+ technologies across 12 retail segments and 4 global regions. JustAskGreg uses this structured data to validate claims and provide market sizing estimates.

The AI is regularly updated with the latest IHL analyst reports, market studies, and newsletters as they are released. The underlying data sources—Sophia and WorldView—are updated monthly (Sophia) and multiple times a year (WorldView) to reflect the most current market conditions and IT spend trends.

Greg Buzek is the Founder and President of IHL Group with over 30 years of experience in retail market analysis. He has been by RIS News as one of the Top 10 Influentials in Retail and the National Retail Federation as one of “The List of People Shaping Retail’s Future“, He is also a member of the Top 100 Retail Influencers from ReTHINK Retail. He is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Time Magazine. He is also the co-founder of the Retail Orphan Initiative (RetailROI), blending deep industry expertise with a commitment to global philanthropy. But JustAskGreg.ai is not just about Greg, it is the collective wisdom of IHL Group including Jerry Sheldon, Lee Holman and the entire IHL team.

You can ask for market sizing (TAM), competitive intelligence, sales deck critiques, technology trends, IT spend forecasts, and strategic advice on go-to-market planning for specific retail segments.

You can upload your sales presentation or GTM plan text directly into the chat. The AI will act as a "Red Team" reviewer, identifying gaps in your logic, validating your market size claims against IHL data, and suggesting stronger, data-backed value propositions.

Yes. By leveraging WorldView and Sophia, it can provide "bottoms-up" market sizing and offer competitive insights. For example, you can ask for the IT spend on Replenishment Software for the next 5 years, or how a specific retailer compares to industry averages and how to position that knowledge in your discussion with retailers about their needs.

While JustAskGreg offers instant strategic guidance, it does not replace deep-dive custom consulting for complex, multi-year roadmap planning or highly confidential M&A due diligence. As well, while it will provide point data answers, it will not provide the full reports or sections. It is designed for "as you need it" strategic insight supported by real-time data. For those needs, IHL's custom advisory services are recommended.

The platform is SOC2 aligned and designed to be NDA friendly. Data you upload for analysis is processed securely and is not used to train the public model, ensuring your proprietary strategies remain private. It is not used by IHL in any manner other than to answer your questions during the session.

Self-Service ($29.95/mo) includes unlimited AI chats, deck critiques, and basic data call-outs. Enterprise plans add team-wide access, future potential API integration capabilities, deeper custom benchmarking reports, and direct access to human analysts for strategic reviews.

Yes, you can start with a free trial to experience the "analyst in your pocket" capability firsthand. It allows you to test the system with real queries and see the depth of IHL's data before committing. Currently this allows you 6 queries free.

Getting started is instant. Simply click "Start Free Trial" or "Launch Analyst" to begin. For team onboarding, Enterprise clients receive a dedicated kickoff session to integrate the tool into your existing sales and strategy workflows.

Yes, the monthly self-service plan is month-to-month and can be canceled at any time without penalty. You get the free access, then the monthly plan option for $29.95 so that is your total risk. In addition annual plans offer significant savings (approx. 30%).

Self-service users have access to email support and documentation. If you get stuck the system provides an email to reach out. Enterprise clients have dedicated account support and escalation paths for data-related queries.

We cover 12 major retail segments (including Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Apparel, Hard Goods, Health & Beauty, and Hospitality/Restaurants) across 4 global regions: North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

Extremely granular. WorldView tracks over 300 specific categories of hardware, software, SaaS, and services. In JustAskGreg this data is at the country, region and year level (Full WorldView takes this down to the segment level in each region.) Sophia tracks installs down to the specific vendor and version for thousands of individual retailers.

Not currently but we are looking into integration capabilities for Enterprise customers, allowing you to pull IHL insights directly into your CRM or business intelligence dashboards.

Yes, the platform is built on infrastructure that is SOC2 aligned, ensuring enterprise-grade security and compliance. We are NDA-friendly and accustomed to working with sensitive corporate data.

Expect actionable, data-driven insights. Instead of generic advice, you get specific numbers, vendor comparisons, and strategic recommendations backed by IHL's knowledge graph.

Users have generated ROI models for RFID implementations, business cases for Unified Commerce upgrades, and "Why Us" competitive battlecards—all completed in minutes rather than days. They have validated trends, received forecasts and critique for their specific strategies for selling to retail accounts.

By instantly providing the data points needed to validate a business case, sales teams spend less time researching and more time selling. It helps you answer the "Why change now?" question with authority by providing solid research in your solution category by a trusted outside source in IHL Group.

The AI triangulates data from multiple internal sources. If a specific data point is unavailable or uncertain, it will explicitly state the confidence level or provide a range, rather than fabricating a number.

Absolutely. Your uploaded documents are used solely for the purpose of your current analysis session and are processed in a secure, isolated environment.

We adhere to strict data privacy standards aligned with SOC2 requirements. We do not use customer data to train our public-facing AI models.

For custom strategic advisory, please contact IHL Group directly via the contact page or request a briefing through the Enterprise section above.

Technical support can be accessed via email at support@justaskgreg.ai or through the help interface within the JustAskGreg application.