Inside Simbe’s Strategy for Retail Robotics at Scale with SVP Benjamin Bond | FMI 2026

Recorded live at FMI 2026, Omni Talk Retail hosts Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton wrap up their conference coverage with Benjamin Bond, SVP, Strategy & Client Success at Simbe, from the Simbe booth.

In this final interview of the conference, Ben shares how Simbe thinks about long term strategy while working day to day with retailers to ensure value realization at scale. He explains why shelf intelligence succeeds when entire organizations align around the store associate, and how Simbe’s technology helps teams prioritize, act in real time, and run better stores.

The conversation goes beyond the robot demo to explore how retailers move from pilot programs to full chain deployments, how CFOs evaluate emerging technology investments, and why shelf data is becoming one of the most foundational datasets in retail. Ben also looks ahead to how Simbe’s platform, AI, and computer vision continue to evolve across grocery and other retail verticals.

Key Topics Covered

1. Ben Bond’s role spanning strategy and client success at Simbe
2. Empowering store associates with real time shelf intelligence
3. Moving from pilot programs to large scale deployments
4. Building the business case and ROI for retail robotics
5. Operating models that drive long term retailer success
6. The future of computer vision, AI, and multimodal platforms
7. Expanding beyond grocery into additional retail sectors

This conversation closes out Omni Talk Retail’s live coverage from FMI 2026, recorded at the Simbe booth.

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