Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

Following a 200 -store test that limited customers using self-checkout to a maximum of 10 items, Target has rolled out Express Self-Checkout to its nearly 2,000 stores nationwide. The 2023 pilot showed that the self-checkout experience was twice as fast at stores with the Express model compared to those without. “By

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2023

Many brands are getting so caught up with trends like AI or the latest social media platform, they’re overlooking the importance of the customer experience, contends an expert in experiential retail. link] That means making your website navigation as easy as possible, and the checkout as simple as possible.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Marks & Spencer plans to install self-checkout POS stations in the changing rooms in its 180 clothing stores, according to the Telegraph and other news outlets. Retailers such as Good American and Under Armour are investing in RFID-powered fitting room technology to make the try-then-buy experience more seamless for customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Built on Shopify Plus and developed in partnership with Astound Commerce , the new Elie Saab site aims to re-create the in-store customer journey with a content-rich, immersive digital experience. A number of technology integrations provide equivalents to a high-touch in-store experience, including: Stockist.co

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2023

For retailers, self-checkout is something of a double-edged sword. There’s no doubt the technology can bring tremendous benefits, such as allowing more customers to pay at the same time, thus reducing wait times without having to staff additional cashier stations.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Customer experience (CX) optimization is a necessity for ecommerce retailers and other online businesses that want to convert visitors, drive sales and cultivate customer loyalty. That way, as consumer preferences and technology change, your site will deliver what your customers are looking for.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2023

Using the Amazon “Just Walk Out” technology, Grubhub Campus has introduced cashierless checkout at convenience stores at Loyola University Maryland. Students, faculty and staff scan a QR code to enter the store, pick their items and leave, with the payment deducted from their student meal plan or other stored payment methods.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

While many holiday shoppers favor online experiences to avoid waiting in endless checkout lines or battling over parking spaces, many now face competition from a new challenger: automated bad bots. The bot operators then resell the goods at a higher margin to make a profit.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2024

This is the first part of our two-part series, “ From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” In part one we go beyond the headlines to uncover the reality of the self-checkout situation. Plus, despite all the vocal naysayers, many consumers actually like the technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Autonomous convenience store retailer Wundermart is expanding its operations, with plans to open more than 10,000 checkout-free stores in a partnership with contactless checkout company AiFi. You should be capable of easily opening up autonomous shops, and it needs to be cost-effective.”.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2024

Understanding customer behaviour is pivotal to delivering exceptional customer experiences (CX) online. Identifying pain points: By closely monitoring user interactions, businesses can identify specific pain points that hinder the customer experience. It all starts with setting clear objectives.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

There’s a common myth amongst retailers that checkout is “untouchable,” a fragile system that can be thrown into disarray by even the slightest modifications. It’s why we’ve seen retailers invest significant time and money in efforts to upgrade and personalize every part of shoppers’ journeys – except for checkout.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Landsec has today announced the official opening of international fashion retailer, ZARA, at One New Change, the premier retail and leisure destination in the City of London. The One New Change unit will also feature an automated pick-up point for guests to collect online orders and self-checkout to offer a seamless customer experience. .

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

From contactless payment to fully automated checkout, innovations showed promise for streamlining and improving the customer experience. The “frictionless” label applies to a number of different technologies; many of them associated with the checkout process. Improving Customer Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Inventory needs to be carefully sorted between the front and backroom, and each store needs to have a clear view of inventory to ensure customers aren’t disappointed by an out-of-stock. “At “If you look purely at purely physical inventory, we don’t have big discrepancies — it’s less than 2% ,” said Baghel.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

On Sunday I did my weekly shopping at the store to find out if Amazon Fresh might be able to fill the hole left by Fairway, literally and figuratively. Amazons other attempts at brick-and-mortar have fared even more poorly. billion acquisition of Whole Foods. Regular carts, albeit green, are available outside.)

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In todays fast-paced retail environment, customers expect more than just quality productsthey demand exceptional experiences that are personalized, convenient, and consistent across all touchpoints. Anticipate and address customer needs at every stage of their journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Since moving to digital in 2016, we’re always looking for innovative ways to serve our readers,” said Campbell Price, Ecommerce Director at The Independent in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. One variation of Bolt’s Checkout Everywhere function on The Independent ‘s site. IndyBest’s centralized shopping section.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 13, 2024

The ‘digital customer, digital store’ approach takes the view that every single customer that comes into a store needs to become a digital customer, and should not leave the store without a staff member having signed them up to a loyalty or membership program. Day 2 at NRF Asia: It’s all about customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The AI-powered autonomous shopping experience just got bigger, in the form of a 4,000-square-foot hybrid convenience market called AI Go in Shanghai. The store combines a manned checkout with the use of computer vision as part of checkout-free shopping powered by AiFi Solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

No matter how fast the modern payment ecosystem is developing, the pursuit of the best customer experience isn’t going anywhere. To answer customers’ demands, business leaders must find the balance between adapting services to consumers’ digitally-driven shopping behaviors and staying true to the company’s strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In-store shoppers can purchase items and check the items off the Baby Registry when they present a unique QR code at checkout. The registry’s return is Kohl’s latest move spotlighting how it is serving families at key life stages. Consumers who create a baby register this fall are eligible to receive a special welcome gift box.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

We expect to see some pandemic-era commerce developments continue with some new twists, and we’re watching some emerging commerce trends that may go strong beyond 2022 — all with the goal of creating richer, more engaging customer experiences and stronger bonds between customers and brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

This month Retail TouchPoints has been exploring the state of autonomous checkout experiences in our series From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out. But there is a more middle-of-the-road area of self-checkout that is currently growing by leaps and bounds — smart carts.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Competitive pressures and customer expectations are driving retailers to focus on customer lifetime value requiring retailers to rethink their end-to-end customer experience. It comes back to good customer service and delivering the best possible personalised customer experience, she elaborated.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2024

This year, shopping online takes no more than a few clicks – but getting those carts to checkout and beyond? At Starshipit , we surveyed leading retailers from around the globe for our latest report, Evolving Expectations 2024 , to bring you the freshest insights on what truly drives customer satisfaction in shipping and fulfilment.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Here are four ways retailers can level up their store experience to boost customer engagement, brand affinity, and brand loyalty: Integrate Technology to Enhance the Customer Experience Successful retailers seamlessly blend technology into their physical spaces while keeping a personalized, human feel.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Shoppers can use technology to their advantage and shop at all three stores in whatever way works best for them. Grocery margins already are quite slim, and every item that customers choose to purchase elsewhere is a missed opportunity. Clunky, inefficient setups can make customers feel like theyre wasting their time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Or a customer receives immediate, personalized product promotions and recommendations the moment they walk in a store, creating a truly customized experience. These are just a few examples of what 5G can do for the retail customer experience. Improved Customer Experience.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In this article, we will look at the benefits and the key areas to apply AI in the retail industry. This enables retailers to make data-driven decisions, improve forecasting accuracy, and enhance customer experiences, while also reducing costs and boosting profits. Here are the key areas to apply AI in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

According to Grand View Research , the global IoT retail market was valued at $42.38 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.4% The statistics show that more and more retail businesses are implementing IoT solutions to explore new ways of connecting with customers, boost sales and streamline business operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

5G is really three things — speed , latency and massive connectivity ,” said Michael Colaneri, a 30-year AT&T veteran who now leads the telecom’s retail business vertical. a retail store] with their own custom networks. Fraud Prevention, Customer Support and More in Real Time. Fast, Frictionless Checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Location-Powered Experiences Drive Results. Geofences around these brick-and-mortar locations can detect when a customer arrives at the store, prompting an option for an exclusive, in-store app mode. Provide seamless checkout options with digital rewards and payment options. How do These Strategies Drive Results?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sainsbury’s will upgrade 22,500 checkouts across its supermarkets, convenience stores and fuel stations with cloud-based POS and analytics solutions from NCR Voyix. NCR Voyix has grown alongside Sainsbury’s for two decades, unlocking new capabilities and optimizing product management, sales forecasting and store efficiencies.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2022

It connects, on a centralised and measurable platform, several touchpoints and interactions a customer has with the brand or business: payments, rewards, inventory, delivery options, product return, supply chain, fulfilment options, and more. But what does that mean in practice for customers? No more lines at checkouts.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The new offering in the Mercedes Pay+ platform turns the car into a payment device at service stations via an integration with the Mercedes MBUX infotainment system. Payment will be made automatically, and the driver will be able to leave the gas station without having to walk to the checkout area.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

The retail technology revolution has brought forth many new innovations such as palm scanning and AI chatbots over the last few years, all of which have sought to meet the same goal: improving the customer experience. As for concertgoers at these same venues, over half of U.S. And it’s not just helping consumers.

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