Evaluating Cloud Solutions for Retail Intelligence Consumer packaged goods companies face a critical decision when modernizing their analytics infrastructure: which cloud platform and AI toolset best supports category management, trade promotion optimization, and demand forecasting? Unlike generic business applications, CPG analytics involve unique requirements—processing syndicated scan data at scale, modeling promotional incrementality with complex cross-effects, and integrating with specialized TPM systems. This comparison examines the major approaches to help guide your decision. The landscape for AI and Cloud Integration in retail has evolved significantly over the past three years. Where companies once built entirely custom solutions on infrastructure-only cloud services, several distinct approaches have emerged, each with specific strengths for CPG use cases. Understanding these tradeoffs is essential for making investments that will serve your organization for years.…