Zalando brings its AI-powered assistant to all markets and adds four new cities to its Trend Spotter

October 1, 2024
Technology
A Zalando customer sitting on the floor looking at the Zalando fashion assistant on his mobile phone; only hand and part of their legs are visible
  • Zalando brings its AI-powered assistant to all markets and adds four new cities to its Trend Spotter
  • Zalando’s AI assistant – powered by Zalando’s own models and OpenAI’s large language models – is now available across Zalando’s 25 markets featuring local languages
  • Trend Spotter now includes Amsterdam, London, Warsaw and Zurich as new style destinations and is available to customers in all markets
  • Both initiatives supports Zalando’s commitment to offer customers an even more engaging and inspiring experience on its web and app

Berlin, October 1st, 2024 // Zalando, one of Europe’s leading online destinations for fashion and lifestyle, is scaling its existing AI-powered offerings Zalando Assistant and Trend Spotter. While Trend Spotter now includes four additional cities, the beta version of the Zalando Assistant is now available to logged-in customers across our 25 markets in the respective local language. Both initiatives are in line with Zalando’s commitment to offering customers an even more engaging and inspiring experience on its web and app.

Zalando’s AI assistant, powered by Zalando’s own models and OpenAI’s large language models, now offers logged-in customers in all markets personalised fashion advice in local languages. It enables customers to navigate Zalando’s extensive assortment with intuitive queries such as “What should I wear to my dad’s 60th birthday in November in Barcelona?” The assistant understands context – such as location, weather, and occasion – to make informed recommendations.

“We know our customers want to get inspired when they come to Zalando. Therefore, the rollout of our Zalando Assistant to all markets is  a significant step in our commitment to enhancing the customer experience by making it easier for customers to discover fashion that suits their unique style and needs,” says Tian Su, VP Personalisation and Recommendation at Zalando. “At the same time, we’re now offering customers even more local inspiration by adding four new cities to our Trend Spotter – featuring emerging trends from 10 European fashion capitals in total.”

Mobile screen showing the Zalando trend spotter functionality; different trending items of clothing are being shown, each of them has info on how it is currently trending on the website - behind the buzz: this item has X percent increase in likes and add-to-bag

Following the successful implementation in six key markets, Zalando has now made its Trend Spotter available to customers in all its markets and introduced four new cities: Amsterdam, London, Warsaw and Zurich. Powered by Zalando’s own data, customers can discover emerging trends in ten different fashion capitals every week and see what is trending locally and across Europe. Each featured item comes with an explanation of why it is listed in Trend Spotter that week and whether it is related to a global or local trend.

These developments mark another step forward in Zalando’s journey to building the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce. Zalando remains committed to innovation and excellence, ensuring that every customer interaction is tailored, inspiring, and impactful – empowering customers to have fun and feel confident in their fashion choices and lifestyles.

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About Zalando

Founded in Berlin in 2008, Zalando is Europe’s leading online multi-brand fashion destination. We are building a pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce, along two growth vectors: Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B). In B2C, we provide an inspiring, high-quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to nearly 50 million active customers across 25 markets. In B2B, we leverage our logistics infrastructure, software, and service capabilities to support brands and retailers in managing and scaling their entire e-commerce business, both on and off the Zalando platform. Through our ecosystem vision, Zalando aims to enable positive change in the fashion and lifestyle industry.


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