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Product releases, industry writing, and conversations from the team building Intelligent Commerce.

The tapestry thesis

What we believe about retail, AI and trust.

A two-part essay series from Christopher Bartlett, founder & CEO. Written for the people building the future of commerce.
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Release notes April 24, 2026

April 2026 feature release - a faster, sharper Hank.

It's all about Hank. New model under the hood — queries that took 30 seconds now return in 10. Plus in-query tagging so every answer points at exactly what you asked.

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Release notes March 28, 2026

March 2026 feature release - Retail+ and Supply+ go 10× faster.

A platform-wide performance upgrade. Group, shop, department and category analysis that used to take minutes now lands in seconds, across both products.

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Release notes February 27, 2026

February 2026 feature release - smarter workflows, redesigned Products modal.

A revamped way to add products to a task, list or space across Retail+ and Supply+ — plus visibility and platform improvements that quietly compound.

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Press Retail World February 2026

When retailers and brands work closer together with AI, everyone wins.

Christopher Bartlett on the structural shift from siloed insight to shared, verified shelf truth - and what it means for the next decade of retail.

CB Christopher BartlettCEO & Founder
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Release notes December 18, 2025

December 2025 feature release - upgraded search, end of year.

New search across Retail+ and Supply+ — faster, more intuitive, tuned for finding the SKU, store or report you actually meant. The last drop of 2025.

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Release notes November 26, 2025

November 2025 feature release - the Admin Console arrives.

A brand-new Admin Console for retailers and suppliers. Set up groups, manage users, control access. Plus faster ingestion and richer analysis underneath.

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Release notes October 30, 2025

October 2025 feature release - Hank gets smarter across both products.

Guided onboarding for Hank inside Retail+, expanded group reporting, sharper realtime charts — and the first Supply+ enhancements following last month’s launch.

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Press Retail World September 2025

Hank is here to help! - the new AI partner changing Intelligent Commerce.

Retail World on Hank's debut: now live in Retail+ and reshaping how retailers and suppliers turn data into action — without the dashboards, reports or analyst queue.

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Press Retail World August 2025

Hank makes his debut, live at the Intelligent Commerce Summit.

Luke Hindson on the inaugural Intelligent Commerce Summit at The Star Gold Coast - and the live reveal of Hank to a room of retailers, suppliers and POS partners.

LH Luke HindsonCOO, tapestry
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Press Retail World May 2025

Why data ownership is the new competitive advantage.

Christopher Bartlett in Retail World: data is no longer a byproduct of operations - it's an asset class. Most retailers still don't own the value it generates.

CB Christopher BartlettCEO & Founder
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Press Retail World April 2025

Real-time intelligence is here. But why does it matter?

A follow-up to March's Retail World cover piece — how real-time data actually shows up in the day-to-day of a retail business, in plain terms.

CB Christopher BartlettCEO & Founder
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Press Retail World March 2025

Real-time intelligence is here - the mid-market gets the tools the giants have had.

A Retail World editorial profile: how tapestry is putting tools previously reserved for the retail giants into the hands of mid-market operators.

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Video Interview 24 min

The future of data and retail is personal - with Andrew Rothwell.

Andrew Rothwell, founder of Tyro and Hydrophis and tapestry board member, on data governance, AI and where the human relationship still matters in retail.

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Video Interview 32 min

Data and the future of retail - with Silvestro Morabito.

Silvestro Morabito, four decades in FMCG, sits down with Chris Bartlett on data ownership, the structural shifts in retail, and what comes next.

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Video Meet the weavers 6 min

Meet Kevin Garcia-Fernandez, front-end engineer at tapestry.

Kevin on what it means to build at tapestry — the work, the team, and the kind of problem that gets him out of bed in the morning.

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White paper July 1, 2024

Not all data is created equal - why data quality matters more in the age of AI.

The case for verified, governed inputs over volume. When models compound errors, what you feed them is the only lever you really control.

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White paper February 23, 2024

Intelligent solutions for your retail partner.

Improving compliance through real-time retailer visibility. For suppliers and manufacturers working trading-term and on-shelf KPIs.

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White paper February 18, 2024

Real-time data sharing - enhancing shopper experience through retailer-supplier collaboration.

How real-time sharing between retailers and suppliers translates into smarter target pricing, sharper promo and better availability for shoppers.

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White paper February 16, 2024

Harnessing the power of now - the benefits of real-time retail analytics.

The transparency, efficiency and responsiveness gains from real-time retail analytics — laid out in full, with the mechanism behind each one.

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White paper February 15, 2024

Internal monetisation - using Retail+ to drive sales and optimise margin.

How Retail+ helps retailers harness the untapped value of data they already generate, without exporting it to a third party.

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White paper January 18, 2024

Why it's better to own your data.

Understanding data ownership — and the income, control and leverage that flow from it. Written for retailers, applicable to anyone generating valuable data.

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Thoughts from tapestry November 15, 2023

It's not just about data - it's about bringing us closer together.

Understanding the true value of information — and why connection, not collection, is the point. A philosophy piece on what data is actually for.

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Thoughts from tapestry October 15, 2023

What is tapestry, and why data monetisation matters.

A primer on tapestry's data fabric and what strategic data monetisation actually means for a retailer — beyond the buzzword.

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Thoughts from tapestry September 15, 2023

Is AI a race to the bottom? Where to invest for competitive edge.

When everyone's models are trained on the same public web, the edge is proprietary data. Where to invest — and where it won't pay back.

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White paper January 13, 2023

What is data fabric, and how can it transform your business?

An innovative approach to data management and analytics — the architecture underneath tapestry, explained in plain terms.

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Thoughts from tapestry January 10, 2023

Introducing tapestry - take ownership of your data.

Christopher Bartlett's original launch piece. Why he started tapestry, and the thesis that's still running the company today.

CB Christopher BartlettCEO & Founder
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