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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 15, 2023
Walgreen Co., Deerfield, IL (US);
Mark Christopher Palenik, Washington, DC (US);
Ajumobi O. Udechukwu, Lake Forest, IL (US);
WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for space optimization of a retail environment are provided. Example techniques may include calculating demand values associated with each of a plurality of departments that exist in the retail environment based on departmental data associated with each of the plurality of departments, the retail environment having a known amount of space; for each possible ordered pair of departments determining a halo demand value based on a relationship between a first demand value, associated with a first department of a pair, and an existence of a second department of the pair in the retail environment; and generating an optimized space output corresponding to a proportion of the retail environment allotted to each of the plurality of the departments based on respective demand values for each of the plurality of departments and the halo demand values associated with each possible ordered pair of departments of the plurality of departments.