Retail stores: sales history, service and AI buyers

Custom orders, delivery bookings, buying from suppliers, and customer service (returns, items arriving damaged, warranty claims) with notes on each. A furniture or appliance store has far more of this than a convenience store, because each sale involves a conversation.

Sales figures show results. Buyers are after the conversations that explain how staff reached them.

Buyers typically set a floor of 20 to 30 employees, and a few only count office staff, which can leave shop-floor workers out. A small chain run from a head office fits better than a lone store. Polyshares names retail and hospitality among its industries, and Mercor names retail and e-commerce (order records, inventory logs and listings).

Nobody quotes a figure specific to retail. For businesses still trading, buyers advertise roughly $100K to $2M (self-reported). A store's spot in that range depends on staff numbers, years of records and how much gets written down.

Local customers are easy to spot. Even without a name, an email about a sofa dropped off on a certain street could identify a household. Review a cleaned sample before anything is released, and leave out anything you are unsure about.

Less than most owners expect. By the buyers' own estimates the owner's part is roughly 1 to 3 hours: a scoping call, deciding what is in and out, and approving the export. The buyer can usually work with your IT person or provider on the export itself.

Start with the match quiz using your headcount and systems, and get every promise in the written offer.