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Qwen Office and Gaode Team Up to Make Store Site Selection a Breeze

Qwen Office and Gaode Join Forces to Revolutionize Store Site Selection

Picking the right location for a brick-and-mortar store used to mean pounding the pavement for days, if not weeks. But that's changing. On September 18, Qwen Office announced it has integrated Gaode's Store Operation Expert Kit, a suite of AI tools designed to take the guesswork out of site selection and business analysis.

The kit bundles three expert capabilities—site selection consulting, mall insights, and store diagnosis—into one seamless workflow. After adding the kit in Qwen Office and authorizing their Gaode account, users can go from choosing a location to analyzing daily operations without switching between platforms.

Why Traditional Methods Fall Short

For individual entrepreneurs, the old way of finding a storefront often involves multiple site visits, which can drag on for a week. And once a store is up and running, tracking foot traffic, monitoring competitors, and making sense of sales data can be a logistical nightmare. Many store managers lack the tools to turn raw data into actionable decisions, leading to missed opportunities and inefficient operations.

The new kit aims to solve these pain points head-on. The Site Selection Consulting Expert, for instance, uses Gaode's five-dimensional model to evaluate a location's viability. It looks at factors like nearby competitors, transportation access, and commercial maturity, then generates a full business plan report covering market analysis, investment budget, profit projections, and risk assessment. Chain brands and solo entrepreneurs alike can benefit from this data-driven approach.

Diving Into Mall Insights and Store Diagnosis

But it's not just about where to open—it's also about understanding the bigger picture. The Mall Insights Expert produces detailed reports on individual shopping centers, analyzing foot traffic patterns, catchment areas, and industry mix. This helps businesses decide on everything from tenant positioning to category adjustments.

Meanwhile, the Store Diagnosis Expert taps into Gaode's spatiotemporal big data to deliver comprehensive scores, rankings against similar stores, and trend analyses. More importantly, it offers actionable improvement plans, so merchants can tweak their strategies based on real-world evidence rather than intuition.

Take a catering store partner in Baoding, Hebei. After using the Site Selection Consulting Expert, they completed an address analysis in just one hour from home, quickly filtering out low-rated options. That's a far cry from the week-long ordeal many still endure.

A Growing Ecosystem

Qwen Office, Alibaba's enterprise-grade intelligent assistant, has already amassed over 30 million users, with more than half being enterprise clients. The integration with Gaode's kit is part of a broader push to enrich its expert offerings and provide merchants with end-to-end business solutions.

As physical retail continues to evolve, tools that blend AI with real-world data are becoming indispensable. With this partnership, Qwen Office and Gaode are making sure that even small business owners can access the kind of insights once reserved for big players.

Key Points:

  • Qwen Office integrated Gaode's Store Operation Expert Kit on September 18.
  • The kit includes site selection consulting, mall insights, and store diagnosis.
  • It uses Gaode's five-dimensional model and spatiotemporal big data.
  • A Baoding catering partner cut site analysis time to one hour.
  • Qwen Office has over 30 million users, half of them enterprises.