Retail Focus

JULY 28, 2021

The idea eliminates checkout lines. Their apps open, supermarket executives also enquire: “But who’ll own the data …?”. Let’s consider first the effects of Just Walk Out on retail environments: No checkouts equals 8-12% floor space saved. No checkouts affords a more motivated customer-facing team.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2020

Shekel , an AI-powered advanced weighing solution provider, has introduced Fast Track, a touchless machine learning-based cloudless self-checkout solution for supermarkets. Additionally, the tool uses data generated at the store level, with no data collection performed through Fast Track itself.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Accenture thinks so. Image: Supplied.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

Mastercard has launched a new Biometric Checkout Program globally that will enable merchants of all sizes to offer contactless biometric checkout experiences based on facial- or palm-based recognition technology. Once registered they will be able to pay via facial recognition at checkout without the need for a card or mobile device.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It opened the store in Holborn, central London, on Monday, yards away from similar checkout-free stores from Amazon and Tesco. Sainsbury’s has opened a checkout-free store in central London (Sainsbury’s/PA). With no tills, no checkout lanes, and no self-service scanners, we can’t wait to hear how busy Londoners enjoy the experience.”.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

Videos and images of bare toilet paper shelves have once again surfaced online as consumers fall into old habits, forcing supermarkets to bring back purchase limits on high demand items. Varying approach from supermarkets . Aldi Australia does not have any product restrictions in place at this time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2021

Consumers are increasingly drawn to convent checkout experiences, from mobile POS and self-checkout to grab-and-go tech, and now even autonomous stores. As autonomous checkout continues to pick up speed, retailers and tech-providers are teaming up to deploy the offering across the globe. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. ALDIgo, using technology from Grabango , tracks which items shoppers put in their carts; customers can then pay with a credit or debit card or the Grabango app at cashierless pay stations or they can use traditional manned lanes.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Coles saw higher sales in the first quarter of FY24, attributed to more customers preferring to eat and have entertainment at home to cut back on discretionary spending. billion, attributed to growth in both the supermarket and liquor segments. ” Supermarket sales jumped 4.7 ” Supermarket sales jumped 4.7

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The strike is yet another symptom of big supermarkets myopically pursuing profit,” Jim Ritchie, strategy director and partner at brand agency US+US, told Inside Retail. While the UWU’s strike is advocating for workers’ rights, it could give consumers another reason to question if a supermarket duopoly is benefitting them.

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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. by the end of 2024.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The trolley, dubbed Caper Cart, is a collaboration between Coles and US supermarket technology company Instacart, and it is scheduled to be trialled at Coles Richmond Traders in Melbourne early next year. The Coles Smart Trolley has an interactive digital screen that displays in-store specials and product aisle locations.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 13, 2024

In a supermarket in southern China, live fish swim around in a glass tank bearing a QR code for customers to scan for information about where the fish is from and details of provenance and sustainability in its farming or capture. All of the self checkouts, all of the shelf edges, electronic shelf labels, everything is digital.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Supermarket chain Hy-Vee is continuing to build out its retail media network, RedMedia , through a new partnership with in-store retail media solution Grocery TV. The partnership will go live in February 2025. “Their team has made integration easy, and we’re excited to offer various brands new ways to reach our shoppers.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The supermarket retailer will roll out the smart carts at select St. Schnuck Markets has extended its partnership with Instacart to introduce Caper Carts, which use AI and computer vision to automatically identify items shoppers put into them, allowing shoppers to then skip the line and check out using the cart technology.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Tesco is launching its first checkout-free high street store where shoppers can pick up their groceries and leave without the need for a till. It is the latest retail giant to open a store where checkouts are replaced by high-tech cameras designed to track the items shoppers place in their baskets.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out (JWO) technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and will not deploy the solution in new locations scheduled to open later this year, according to multiple media reports. The company already had moved the JWO unit out of its retail group and into its AWS cloud computing division.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 19, 2024

Morrisons boss Rami Baitiéh admitted the supermarket “went a bit too far” with self-checkouts as it looks to pull back on the technology. The chief executive told The Telegraph that the business is “reviewing the balance between self-checkouts and manned tills” and is looking to remove some from its stores after installing too many.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

Who could forget the long queues outside of Kmart at midnight on the eve of restrictions lifting last year?” observes Teaj Sian, Managing Director at Glory Global Solutions (Australia). Of course, physical retail has had to undergo a few changes since the first wave of Covid, particularly at entry, payment and checkout.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

CEQ’s network of 29 stores offers many of the core grocery items found in a traditional supermarket – ranging from fresh produce to non-disposable items – to large items such as washing machines, but presented in smaller store formats. It has also removed confectionary chocolate from its checkout, to further encourage healthier options.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In another first, customers access the checkout solution via the Sainsbury SmartShop app rather than the Amazon app, meaning they can use an interface they already are familiar with. Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Last month Booths axed its self-service checkouts in all but two of its 28 stores, claiming the move was in response to customer demand. The supermarket insisted the change helped it keep its “warm northern welcome” and that having manned tills was better for shoppers. Why did Booths remove its self-service checkouts?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2022

Last month, global supermarket brand Aldi opened its first checkout-free supermarket to the public, following an in-house trial, allowing customers in Greenwich, London, to walk in, pick up their groceries, and walk out without going to a till. Aldi also has staff on hand to verify a customer’s age physically if need be.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Australian Consumer and Retail Studies (ACRS) unit at Monash University surveyed 1001 shoppers across Australia last June, asking them questions about the cost of living and consumer deviance. The majority believe that shoplifting is not justifiable at all.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

The delivery platform also has created a Wallet feature; live activity tracking for orders in process; add-on recommendations at checkout; and a more automated process for reporting problems with an order. In June 2024 , Albertsons added 1,800 supermarkets to the Grubhub Marketplace.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

This is the second part of our two-part series, “From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” In part one we went beyond the headlines to uncover the reality of the self-checkout situation. So let’s take a look at where fully autonomous retail solutions are working, and where they aren’t.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Three more supermarket chains will connect their electronic shelf label (ESL) hardware to the Carrot Tags pick-to-light functionality from Instacart , making it easier for Instacart pickers — and eventually for consumers themselves — to find the products on their shopping list.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

Walgreens has introduced the myWalgreens Credit Card program, while supermarket chain Giant Eagle will start accepting PayPal and Venmo in-store as retailers continue expanding their payment options. Shoppers can apply for either Walgreens card in real time at checkout. Giant Eagle Seeks to Make In-Store Checkout Seamless.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Aldi is trialling its first checkout-free store to allow customers to shop at the supermarket and exit without the need to pay at a till. The discount supermarket chain said the store is in London but declined to give further details of the location of the trial site.

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2022

The new feature allows shoppers to seamlessly pay and update their Everyday Rewards points using a QR code, eliminating the need for processes at the end of a transaction. Everyday Pay will be available across all Woolworths supermarkets, Metro and Big W stores nationwide. Shoppers can receive e-receipts on the Everyday Rewards app.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The ACCC alleged that the supermarkets increased the prices of the products by 15 per cent for a brief period before being subjected to Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ and Coles’ ‘Down Down’ promotions. ” The ACCC filed separate proceedings in the Federal Court against Woolworths and Coles.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Australian retail giant Woolworths Group reported solid FY23 results on Wednesday , showcasing the supermarket sector’s resilience in the face of dropping consumer spend. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) from the company’s Australian supermarkets rose 19.1 per cent over the financial year to $2.8 per cent to $249 million.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

We’re seeing vision AI support across all parts of the retail business, including back of house, in-store advertising and media, store checkout and curbside pickup. They need the ability to install and have optimally running tech solutions that require minimal maintenance, which deploying at the edge can support.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2024

The supermarket chain will now use a single points currency for its “ for U” program and give members two months to earn and redeem their points before they expire. Additionally, an automatic cash-off option that converts points into cash discounts at checkout will join existing point redemption options.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

according to reporting in Supermarket News and other outlets. The 3,800-square-foot Puyallup store is equipped with the Amazon Just Walk Out cashierless checkout technology and offers grab-and-go food as well as a made-to-order kitchen serving breakfast, sandwiches and wraps. The opening, which took place Sept.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Stop & Shop will deploy Savings Station kiosks in half its stores this month and complete a chainwide rollout to all 350+ supermarkets by the end of January 2025. Savings are automatically applied at checkout when shoppers scan their loyalty card or enter their phone number.

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