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Caio Camargo

São Paulo, Brazil

Caio Camargo is a Brazilian retail innovation strategist and keynote speaker, known for turning complex trends into practical decisions that improve performance in real operations. With more than 27 years working across technology, consumer behavior, and business transformation, he bridges strategy and execution, from leadership teams to frontline routines.

Recognized internationally, Caio is listed in Favikon’s Top 100 Retail Influencers and regularly contributes to global conversations on the future of commerce. He has taken part in more than nine panels at Web Summit, in Lisbon and Rio, and has spoken at events such as the Retail Executive Summit in the United States and Retail Expo in London. In Brazil, he is a frequent presence at the country’s main retail and business conferences, where he is valued for a direct, business driven approach, and a strong connection to what happens on the store floor.

Caio is host of [varejocast], a leading business podcast in Brazil focused on retail strategy, technology, and market shifts. He is also the author of the best selling book “Arroz, Feijão & Varejo”, and a columnist for key industry platforms, where he shares market analysis and frameworks built from hands on experience.

Throughout his career, he has held strategic roles in major companies within the Brazilian retail and technology ecosystem, supporting growth acceleration, brand building, and the adoption of new practices. Today, he also advises B2B companies on how to position and scale within retail, and serves as a volunteer advisor to the São Paulo Commercial Association. His work has been recognized by organizations such as the Retail Design Institute and IBEVAR FIA.

Available For: Speaking
Travels From: São Paulo
Speaking Topics: retail trends, retail innovation, consumer behavior, artificial intelligence

Caio Camargo Points
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Author 10
Influencer 0
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Entrepreneur 0
Total 10

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Media Experience: 15

Areas of Expertise

Agentic AI
AI
Architecture
Behavioral Science
Business Strategy
Innovation 30.32
Retail 30.60

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Retail

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10 Article/Blogs
Future? The world may split between those who debate AI and those who turn AI into advantage
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March 18, 2026
There is a new tension in the air. Across much of the Western innovation circuit, AI is now framed with semantic brakes: trust, responsibility, dignity, human oversight. It is not hard to see why. Any technology capable of reshaping work, power, and influence tends to trigger fear first, regulation

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

AI doesn’t see advertising: Marketing in the “Age of Trust”
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March 04, 2026
Marketing in the age of trust: Caio CamargoAI isn’t just adding a new layer to marketing, it’s changing the rules of selection.For decades, marketing was largely about presence. Being seen, being remembered, being everywhere. When communication channels were fewer, whoever dominated radio, TV,

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

6 Classic Retail Theories That Still Explain 2026
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March 02, 2026
Recently, in what seemed like a casual conversation, someone mentioned the “Wheel of Retailing,” published in 1931 by Malcolm P. McNair in the Harvard Business Review.It struck me.In the middle of discussions about AI, retail media, and agent commerce, we were revisiting ideas from the 1930s.

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

There is no longer “cutting-edge” technology!
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February 27, 2026
For a long time, “cutting-edge technology” was a useful expression. It implied a clear destination, a stable frontier, and an advantage that lasted. Between launch, adoption, and maturity, there was a comfortable window. There was time to compare vendors, plan the change, train teams, implement,

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

The dangerous era of Artificial Competence, or when we give up becoming exponential
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February 26, 2026
We are living through one of the most powerful moments in the history of human cognition.Never before have we had access to tools capable of organizing information, synthesizing knowledge, and structuring reasoning with such speed. The promise of artificial intelligence is clear: cognitive amplifica

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

Operations is the new marketing
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February 02, 2026
The hottest conversation in digital commerce right now has a name, Agent Commerce. It’s the moment AI stops being just an “assistant” and becomes the decision layer in shopping: it recommends, compares, filters, and in many cases, completes the purchase. The storefront becomes less your homepa

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

The Age of Pragmatic Retail
Import from medium.com
January 10, 2026
The Age of Pragmatic RetailI’ve been noticing a quiet shift, and it doesn’t start on a stage, it starts at the cash register.Retailers are being pushed toward a more pragmatic style of leadership, because there’s less room for “testing just to test.” Customers change fast, they switch bran

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

If AI “washes” the work, who answers for the ruined clothes?
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January 05, 2026
Technology can save effort. But responsibility, that cannot be washed away.The simplest metaphor I have for the age of artificial intelligence does not come from Silicon Valley. It comes from the laundry room.A washing machine did not eliminate work. It changed the type of work. And that is exactl

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

The problem isn’t analyzing the future. It’s confirmation bias.
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December 19, 2025
The confirmation biasHow we use data, trends, and stories to prove we were already rightI was watching one of those videos the algorithm casually drops in front of us. The kind you didn’t ask for, but still click on. It was about the coincidences between Lincoln and Kennedy. The list fits togethe

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

Accountability, the skill that turns AI from output into outcomes
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December 13, 2025
Accountability, the skill that turns AI from output into outcomesArtificial Intelligence has become the favorite shortcut in modern work. It promises speed, cost reduction, and the kind of productivity leap every company wants to show on a slide. But there is a detail that gets ignored precisely be

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Tags: Innovation, Retail

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