Hallon AI
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AI-Powered Competitor & Market Research

Our AI agents monitor competitors 24/7—indexing products, tracking prices, analyzing promotions, and alerting you to strategic moves. Know what your competitors are doing before they know it themselves.

Enterprise-ready
Priced by value impact
Personal Account Manager
Market Research Agent
Competitor Setup

Define or Discover Competitors

Add your known competitors or let AI find emerging ones

Public Research
SEO Analysis
Discovery Complete
Your Competitive Set
1
Competitor A
User-defined competitor
2
Competitor B
User-defined competitor
New Entrant X
AI-discovered emerging competitor
78% confidence
SEO overlapSocial mentionsIndustry reports

2 competitors defined by you, 1 emerging competitor identified through public research and SEO analysis.

Competitor Discovery

Define or Discover Your Competitors

Tell us who your competitors are, or let our AI agents discover emerging ones through public research, social media sentiment analysis, and SEO overlap detection.

  • Add your known competitors directly to start tracking immediately
  • AI discovers emerging competitors through public research
  • SEO and search overlap analysis identifies who competes for your customers
  • Social media sentiment reveals competitive dynamics
  • Continuous monitoring detects new market entrants
Product Indexing

Automatic Product Matching & Price Tracking

Let our AI agents index all your competitors' products, prices, and discounts—with automatic mapping to your assortment for equivalent product matches. No manual spreadsheets, no guesswork.

  • AI-powered product matching across comparable products
  • Daily price tracking across all indexed products
  • Automatic detection of new products and delists
  • Discount and promotion tracking at SKU level
  • Price alerts when competitors move on key items
Auto-Matching

Product Indexing & Matching

AI maps competitor products to your equivalent SKUs

Indexing Competitor A
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Products matched: 0Processing...
Sample Matches
Organic Whole Milk 1L
$4.99
98%
Fresh Organic Milk 1L
$4.79
Sourdough Loaf 500g
$5.49
95%
Artisan Sourdough 500g
$5.29
Free Range Eggs 12pk
$6.99
97%
Farm Fresh Eggs 12ct
$7.49
Greek Yogurt 500g
$4.29
92%
Natural Greek Style 500g
$3.99
48.2K
Products Indexed
~40%
Match Rate
847
Price Alerts
De-Averaged Analysis

Price Index by Category

100 = Your price. Higher = You're cheaper vs competitor

You're cheaper
They're cheaper
DairyLosing
vs Comp A
97
vs Comp B
95
BakeryWinning
vs Comp A
104
vs Comp B
106
ProduceParity
vs Comp A
99
vs Comp B
101
Meat & SeafoodWinning
vs Comp A
108
vs Comp B
105
BeveragesLosing
vs Comp A
94
vs Comp B
96

Focus needed: Dairy and Beverages show competitive disadvantage. Consider strategic pricing review.

Price Analysis

De-Averaged Competitive Price Intelligence

Identify how you're priced versus competitors in a de-averaged manner—by category, region, brand, and product tier. Understand exactly where you're winning on price and where you're losing to competition.

  • Category-level price index comparison across all competitors
  • Regional and zone-level competitive positioning
  • Brand and tier analysis reveals hidden opportunities
  • Win/lose indicators highlight where to focus
  • Trend analysis shows competitive drift over time
Strategic Recommendations

Know When to Follow vs When to Stay

Have our AI agents recommend where it's worth following competitor price moves versus staying away from a race to the bottom. Using machine learning models and elasticity analysis, we quantify the true demand impact vs profit impact of chasing on price.

  • Elasticity-based profit impact analysis for every category
  • ML models predict volume response to price matching
  • Clear recommendations: Follow, Stay, or Selective Match
  • Avoid destructive price wars with data-driven decisions
  • Protect margin while maintaining competitive positioning
AI Recommendation

Follow or Stay Analysis

ML-powered decision based on elasticity and profit impact

Organic Whole Milk 1L
Dairy
Competitor A dropped price by 8%
Follow Price
Elasticity
-2.4
Profit Impact
-$2.1K/mo
Volume
+12% units

High elasticity product in traffic-driving category. Following protects market share and drives store visits.

Assortment Comparison

Category Depth: You vs Competitor A

Your SKUs
Competitor SKUs

Opportunity: Competitor A is heavily invested in Organic and Plant-Based where you have gaps. Consider range expansion.

Assortment Intelligence

Find New Product Opportunities

Compare your assortment versus competitors to identify gaps and expansion opportunities. See where competitors are investing and growing—and where you might be missing out on customer demand.

  • Side-by-side SKU count comparison by category
  • Identify categories where competitors are expanding
  • Spot assortment gaps in high-growth segments
  • Track new product introductions and delists
  • Strategic recommendations for range optimization
Promo Intelligence

Track Competitor Promotional Calendars

Track competitor promotional activities to understand their promotional calendar and strategy. Incorporate competitive intelligence into your own promotional planning to ensure you have a competitive strategy on both regular price and promotions.

  • Real-time tracking of competitor promotional events
  • Historical promotional calendar analysis
  • Conflict detection when your promos overlap with competitors
  • Pattern recognition identifies recurring promotional strategies
  • Strategic timing recommendations to maximize impact
Promotional Intelligence

Competitor Promo Calendar

Track past activities and predicted future events

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Today
Week 4
Week 5
You
Produce
Dairy
Comp A
Dairy
Beverages
Comp B
Bakery
Dairy
Your Promos
Comp A (confirmed)
Comp A (predicted)
Future predictions based on last year's calendar

Dashed events are predicted based on historical patterns. Confirm as they occur.

Pattern detected: Your Week 4 Dairy promo may overlap with Comp B. Based on last year, they typically run Dairy promotions in early month. Consider timing adjustment.

How It Works

1

Define Your Competitive Set

Tell us your known competitors, or let our AI agents discover emerging ones through public research, SEO analysis, and social media sentiment.

2

AI Indexes & Maps Products

Our agents automatically crawl competitor data, index their products, and map them to your equivalent SKUs with high-accuracy matching.

3

Continuous Monitoring & Alerts

24/7 tracking of competitor prices, promotions, and assortment changes. Get real-time alerts when competitors make strategic moves.

4

Strategic Recommendations

AI prescribes where to follow, where to stay, and where to invest—backed by elasticity models and profit impact analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions

Get AI-Powered Competitive Intelligence

Your competitors are making moves every day. With Hallon's AI agents, you'll know what they're doing—and what you should do about it—before it's too late.

Enterprise-ready
Priced by value impact
Personal Account Manager