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AI in retail and brands in Mexico: the use case to start with and the one to defer

A model with the brand’s identity for product content and campaigns, with an approval queue.

Mexico’s 2025 data protection law, the consumer protection agency (Profeco), the Federal Copyright Law and the Supreme Court’s criterion

Illustration for Retail and brands
01 · The use case to start with and the one to defer

High value, available data, no decisions about people

Use case to start with

A model with the brand’s identity for product content and campaigns, with a visual and voice identity adapter and an approval queue where nothing is published until someone on the team approves it.

Use case to defer

Individual personalization with loyalty program data; voice cloning without a contract.

What is already happening in the sector

Large retailers in Mexico have launched shopping assistants and opened their stores to AI agents, and department store chains run dozens of AI projects. 97% of agencies make AI a priority and only 19% have formal leadership for it (IAB Mexico and IPADE, August 2026).

02 · Data, regulator and decision

What the committee will review

D

Data the first use case touches

Brand manual, catalog and approved pieces. No loyalty data.

R

Regulator and obligation

Work generated solely by a machine has no copyright (Supreme Court, “Avatar Virtual” case, 2025); the brand is protected by trademark registration. Loyalty data falls under the data protection law.

Q

Who decides the purchase

Head of marketing and e-commerce; technology for integration.

E

Deployment option

B is acceptable for brand work without sensitive data; A when it integrates with catalog and inventory.

The three deployment options

03 · Frequently asked questions

What retail and brands leaders ask

Do the pieces the model generates with my brand belong to me?

The identity adapter trained on your manual and your pieces is yours and is exported at no cost. Work generated solely by a machine has no copyright in Mexico; your brand is protected by trademark registration and each piece goes through your approval queue, with human involvement.

Other industries: Insurance · Financial services · Telecom and media · Fintech and payments

04 · Next step

Discovery sessions, no commitment

With technology, compliance and two process owners. Includes an offline demonstration prepared for your sector, without using your company’s data.

1

Inventory and obligations

Data in four levels and a first review of what your sector requires.

2

Three candidate use cases

And the Assessment proposal. The Discovery is credited against the Assessment.

3

Founding clients program

Three seats, with an explicit discount in exchange for a publishable case and a reference.

Terms

Discovery and evidence pilot at no cost, Assessment at a discount, in exchange for a publishable case, a reference and feedback. Continuous operation is always paid at list price.