{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/nvidia-powers-european-retailers-with-open-models-cutting-inference-co","json":"https://digestai.news/story/nvidia-powers-european-retailers-with-open-models-cutting-inference-co.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/nvidia-powers-european-retailers-with-open-models-cutting-inference-co.md","slug":"nvidia-powers-european-retailers-with-open-models-cutting-inference-co","headline":"Nvidia powers European retailers with open models, cutting inference cost by 90%","summary":"Nvidia’s hardware and software stack is being used by a range of European retailers to run open and frontier AI models at lower cost and higher speed. Shopify fine‑tuned the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning sub‑agent for its Sidekick assistant, reporting that the model beats a leading frontier model in accuracy while cutting serving costs by 90% and delivering responses seven times faster.\n\nZooplus, together with Infosys and Nvidia, built a prototype in AWS that reached 86% search accuracy using the Nemotron Retriever library and the Nvidia Blueprint for catalog enrichment. Photoroom’s Image Editing API, deployed with Vestiaire Collective, now standardises about 40,000 primary images a day across 70 countries; listings processed through the API sell at a 5% higher liquidity rate and see 3‑7% more unique views per product page. L’Oréal and other brands are also using Nvidia‑accelerated digital twins and molecular‑simulation models to speed up product‑ingredient discovery and virtual‑try‑on experiences.","keyPoints":["Shopify’s post‑trained Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cuts serving costs by 90% and runs 7× faster than a leading frontier model.","Photoroom’s Image Editing API processes about 40,000 images a day in 70 countries, raising listing liquidity by 5% and views by 3‑7%."],"whyItMatters":"These advances let European retailers slash AI inference costs, speed up customer‑facing features and improve product visibility, giving them competitive advantage in a fast‑moving digital market.","category":{"slug":"enterprise","name":"Enterprise & Industry","url":"https://digestai.news/category/enterprise"},"entities":{"companies":["NVIDIA","Shopify","Zooplus","L’Oréal","Mirakl","Otto Group"],"models":["Nemotron 3.5 Lightning","Nemotron Retriever","Nemotron 3","OrbMol-v2"],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T05:00:23Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T05:00:23Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":true,"sources":[{"outlet":"NVIDIA Blog","title":"NVIDIA Transforms European Retail, From Digital Discovery to Physical Operations","url":"https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/european-retail-open-models-robotics","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T05:00:23Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Nvidia powers European retailers with open models, cutting inference cost by 90%\", 22 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/nvidia-powers-european-retailers-with-open-models-cutting-inference-co","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Nvidia powers European retailers with open models, cutting inference cost by 90%","datePublished":"2026-10-22T05:00:23Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/nvidia-powers-european-retailers-with-open-models-cutting-inference-co"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}