Retail Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Challenges with Target's self-checkout lanes continue as the retailer is cutting down the hours of operation at some of its stores.

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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 Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Retailers appreciate the allure of self-checkout. However, the elevated rate of inventory shrinkage is a pressing concern in the retail industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Walmart will offer buy now, pay later (BNPL) options at self-checkout kiosks in more than 4,500 U.S. Walmart is making a big move in that direction with the integration of BNPL financing at its self-checkout kiosks, allowing customers to pay over time for everything from electronics and apparel to toys and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

Fortunately, the shift toward diverse checkout options and digital receipts has fostered new touch points for retailers looking to make a memorable impact. In fact, 53% of shoppers under 45 years old prefer self-checkout options , and 89% of consumers of any age like the idea of a digital receipt. Offering new engagement opportunities.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2024

The Sam’s Club Member Access Platform (MAP) , the retailer’s media network, is launching display ads in the Scan & Go mobile checkout experience, with the aim of reaching consumers closer to their point of decision.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

Amazon is continuing to expand the reach of its Just Walk Out (JWO) cashierless checkout tech with a particular focus on events-based venues. Checkout-free stores powered by Just Walk Out technology provide fast, seamless and contactless transactions, which we think will resonate really well in this setting.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2024

Now, through Birdzi’s integration with ECRS’s POS software, shopper and basket information are immediately relayed from ECRS to Birdzi, allowing shoppers to easily redeem their personalized discounts and promotional offers at checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We’re expanding our partnership with Roku to leverage Shopify’s Checkout and unlock a new self-serve sales channel for Shopify merchants to reach more customers with shoppable ads,” said Mani Fazeli, VP of Product at Shopify in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Dash Cart exit lane sits between self-checkout and manned checkout lanes. Thats because smart carts from third parties that are deployed at other grocers (like the one I tried at ShopRite ), arent linked to the POS, so theres still a checkout moment (albeit fast).

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Walmart-owned Sam's Club is testing a new store concept that eliminates traditional cash registers.

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Tokinomo

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Campaign corner Reese’s Super Bowl teaser. The announcement of a significant alteration to Reese's iconic peanut butter cups has caught numerous people by surprise. One individual is particularly impacted by this revelation, dramatically exclaiming "NOOOOO!!!" as he stands on a tennis court, amidst a barrage of airborne tennis balls.

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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. Those grapes end up being $17 ?!

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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.

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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. In part two, we’re examining the feasibility of fully autonomous checkout solutions like Amazon’s Just Walk Out.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s no secret that retailers and brands have become obsessed with driving conversion in their quest to recover the more than half of shoppers who abandon checkout before completing their purchase. Maximizing that combination of factors can be accomplished at checkout, as long as it’s not stripped of all its goodness.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

Truist Park in Atlanta is another stadium recognizing the impact of fast concessions and the huge success of self-checkout in grocery and retail stores worldwide. Last year, it implemented several self-checkout stations for its market concessions. Leaving the Friction in the Dugout For some, that’s still too much human interaction.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The streamlined, end-to-end online experience includes vehicle search, trade-in valuation, transparent haggle-free pricing, financing options and online checkout. The platform includes features that will feel familiar to Amazon regulars, including customer reviews , seller (dealership) reviews and the standard Amazon checkout experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For the enterprise solutions we have Pay with Venmo checkout, which is the integrated checkout button that you see as you’re checking out with large businesses such as the Grubhub s and Lyft s of the world. People really are converting at checkout because it’s seamless and easy. Example of a Venmo business profile.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

Payments are a critical link between our brands and millions of URBN customers who expect checkouts to be as easy as trying on or adding items to a cart,” said Dave Hayne, CTO at URBN in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

With a quick click on a smartphone, these customers have accessed hidden content, exclusive deals and lightning-fast checkouts. Three standout examples demonstrate the versatility and potential of this technology: Ikea tackles the challenge of checking out large furniture items with a QR-based mobile checkout option. The result?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It also requires businesses to create a digital wallet, obtain a shareable QR code and keep track of every checkout location. Do you ever think about the customer instincts at checkout? The issue with this is that both retailers and customers have to have accounts set up in the same exchange platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Self-Checkout is Here to Stay Mainstream media reports of consumers complaining about the slow speeds and impersonality of self-checkout were a mini-trend over the past several months, encouraging retailers including Costco, Wegmans and Walmart to reconsider their self-checkout policies.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

With the new Commerce Components by Shopify , enterprise retailers can now pick and choose from these various pieces of infrastructure — such as Shopify’s checkout functionality — and integrate them into any front-end website framework they choose.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

The Must ShopTV program uses AI technology from KERV Interactive to identify objects in a scene and find similar items available for sale at retail partners or on NBCU’s own third-party marketplace, NBCUniversal Checkout. These offerings are presented to viewers throughout the show in the form of QR-enabled shoppable ads.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

David Jones tapped software engineering consultancy Mindera to develop the app, features of which will include personalised wish list notifications, product recommendations, express checkout, native live chat and loyalty program integration when David Jones Rewards relaunches in the middle of next year.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Additionally, Sensormatic has expanded its magnetic InFuzion hard tag family, including an ink version for visual deterrence and a wide-gap version for thicker items and footwear, both with integrated pin design to reduce tagging and checkout times as well as self-checkout integration capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Technology also is significantly enhancing the checkout process, with more retailers adopting self-service kiosks, integrated RFID, mobile POS systems, scan-and-go integrations and frictionless checkout options. Retailers using cashier-based systems also are focusing on updating hardware and software to improve the checkout experience.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In addition, 40 per cent said that it is justifiable to take supplies from the place of employment while 37 per cent believe it is justifiable to scan items as cheaper items when using self-checkout terminals. And 32 per cent said that it is justifiable to not scan some items when using self-checkout counters.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2024

. “I was fortunate enough to be Australia’s first retailer to offer click and collect, advertise on Google, advertise on Bing, offer multi-store scan and go technology and developed a world first augmented reality mirror with checkout among other fun adventures,” he said.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But whether consumers are traveling on a path, down a funnel or simply weaving in and out of some amorphous digital web, if all goes well they still end up in the same place — checkout (or as it’s called in the traditional funnel model, conversion). If you think about it, checkout should be one of the happiest moments in the online world.”

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

Shopify’s new POS Go + Terminal released this week is billed as “connected hardware to achieve smoother sales” by ensuring hardware and software work together to create effortless checkouts for retailers everywhere they sell – whether online or offline. per cent uptime across the Shopify platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Customers at checkout also have access to CX Connect, an interactive solution designed to deliver personalized content, offers and experiences to customers. This interactive exchange between the health enthusiast and the customer is something Corbin calls “hybrid checkout,” and he believes it presents many growth opportunities to retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Grocery TV will now power more than 10,000 screens at Hy-Vees 400+ retail locations across the Midwest, reaching shoppers at key store touch points including the entrance, checkout, service departments, aisles and endcaps. The partnership will go live in February 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Instead of being asked do you want paper or plastic at checkout, consumers will simply be asked if they want a paper bag, if they haven’t brought a reusable bag,” said State Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), a co-sponsor of the bill, in a statement. The new law, scheduled to take effect Jan.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Customers also can access more information and explore an extended assortment online by scanning QR codes they find next to in-store products; Scan & Go checkout for Walmart+ members, allowing them to scan items as they add them to their cart in stores to speed up the checkout process; A newly expanded View in Your Home feature that allows customers (..)

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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. Additionally, Grubhub has added a Priority Delivery option that promises faster-than-standard delivery for $2.49

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