Vector-based characterizations of products and individuals with respect to selecting items for store locations

A method for store management, comprising:

• selecting, with a control circuit, a plurality of customer profiles associated with a store location from a customer profile database, the customer profile database storing customer partiality vectors, comprising customer value vectors, associated with a plurality of customers;
• aggregating, with the control circuit, a plurality of customer value vectors associated with the plurality of customer profiles to determine aggregated store customer value vectors;
• determining, with the control circuit, alignments between the aggregated store customer value vectors and vectorized product characterizations associated with a plurality of products stored in a product database;
• selecting, with the control circuit, one or more products to stock at the store location based on the alignments;
• and
• instructing a distribution system to transfer the one or more products to the store location according to the one or more products selected for the store location.

An apparatus for store management comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of computer readable instructions;
• and
• a control circuit configured to execute the set of computer readable instructions which causes to the control circuit to:
• select, with the control circuit, a plurality of customer profiles associated with a store location from a customer profile database, the customer profile database storing customer partiality vectors, comprising customer value vectors, associated with a plurality of customers;
• aggregate, with the control circuit, a plurality of customer value vectors associated with the plurality of customer profiles to determine aggregated store customer value vectors;
• determine, with the control circuit, alignments between the aggregated store customer value vectors and vectorized product characterizations associated with a plurality of products stored in a product database;
• select, with the control circuit, one or more products to stock at the store location based on the alignments;
• and
• instruct a distribution system to transport the one or more products to the store location according to the one or more products selected for the store location.