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Staples Canada uses Algolia AI Dynamic Re-Ranking, Rules, and Personalization to achieve 65% auto-resolution and double-digit conversion growth
Staples Canada's legacy search tools were either highly manual, requiring spreadsheets that were hard to keep current, or appeared modern but offered no transparency into why results changed, making it difficult to serve both frequent and exploratory shoppers across more than 200,000 SKUs.
How it works
Common implementation structure
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Stage 1 · Customer queries product catalog
Millions of visitors arrive on Staples.ca and perform searches across the product catalog.
Tools used
AlgoliaAlgolia AIDynamic Re-RankingDynamic Synonym SuggestionsAlgolia RulesAlgolia PersonalizationAlgolia AI Recommendations
Outcome
Staples Canada achieved 65% of issues automatically solved and a double-digit increase in conversions, with improvements in add-to-cart rates, click-through rates, and revenue, while freeing engineering time for strategic initiatives.
What failed first
Legacy search tools required manual spreadsheet management to stay current, gave no transparency into result changes, and surfaced irrelevant product categories for straightforward queries.
Results
Time savedfreeing up engineering time to work on more strategic initiatives, saving the company time and money
Volume65%
Cost replacedincreases in key metrics such as revenue
Running since2018
Grounding & classification
Source type: vendor customer story
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