DMS 2026 — Featured Session | Ilse Lee

Next-Gen Retail Customer Experience: Context-Based Interactions in the AI Era

Session Overview

In the AI era, the real risk for brands is not a lack of technology—it’s the loss of customer touchpoints. As shopping shifts toward “zero-click” experiences, customers can research, compare, and decide without ever directly interacting with a brand. This creates a new challenge: brand “blindness.”

This session argues that AI Retail Transformation is not simply about introducing new tools. The core is designing a consistent, connected experience across every customer touchpoint—powered by context (what the customer needs, why they are asking, and where they are in the journey).

You’ll learn how leading retail organizations are building “AI touchpoints” across channels and connecting them into a unified Brand Brain—so online and offline interactions share the same understanding, memory, and decision logic. Ultimately, retail is evolving from “explanation” to conversation, and the winners will be those who understand context best.

  • Why brands are losing touchpoints: The rise of zero-click shopping and brand blindness
  • Designing AI touchpoints everywhere: Always-on online agents, in-store copilots, and brand answer engines
  • Building a Brand Brain: Structured product knowledge, codified brand strategy, and a shared Context Layer
  • From “explain” to “dialogue”: The future of retail CX is context-driven conversation

Speaker

Ilse Lee
Ilse Lee
AX Lead, Korea Sales
LG Electronics
Ilse Lee is a digital transformation leader specializing in data-driven growth strategy across consulting, telecom, and financial services. Since joining LG Electronics in 2022, he has led Korea’s AX (AI Transformation) agenda—focusing on AI not as a technology rollout, but as a driver of business model innovation.

He works at the intersection of customer journey design, operational systems, and agent-based experiences—aiming to fundamentally redesign how retail organizations interact with customers through context-based engagement.