CRSTBL + RMH: Transforming Convenience Retail with AI-Powered Marketing

Rapid Merchandise Holdings Inc. (RMH) has partnered with CRSTBL Inc. to bring advanced AI-powered marketing solutions to convenience stores across the United States and Canada. This collaboration is designed to help convenience retailers and brands boost product visibility, reduce inefficiencies, and increase consumer engagement at the local level.

Through the partnership, RMH will deploy CRSTBL’s AI SEO technology to publish product information down to the SKU level for each store location. This ensures local consumers can easily discover available products, driving more traffic into stores and reducing search friction for shoppers.

RMH will also leverage CRSTBL’s predictive AI analytics to solve costly challenges such as product-location mismatches and inefficient pilot programs. With these insights, brands can quickly identify the right markets, partner with targeted stores, and increase confidence in their merchandising strategies—all while lowering the time and costs traditionally required for testing.

About Rapid Merchandise Holdings Inc. (RMH)

Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, Rapid Merchandise Holdings Inc. provides distribution consulting services focused on connecting new and alternative products into retail channels. Its services include store introductions, merchandising analytics, and marketing incentive program management, all designed to increase product sell-through and accelerate brand growth.

About CRSTBL Inc.

CRSTBL Inc. is an AI marketing technology company offering a SaaS platform that helps brands and multi-store convenience store operators improve product visibility to local consumers. As a pioneer in practical AI, CRSTBL develops solutions that make products discoverable and transactable, using a mass-customized agentic architecture that facilitates local commerce at scale.

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