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

JUNE 14, 2022

Holiday Oil Company , a convenience store retailer with 67 locations in Utah, has selected the Gilbarco Veeder-Root Passport Express Lane self-checkout system, to help ease its labor challenges and create a frictionless shopping experience. For employees, it helps balance out staffing shortages and maintain store standards.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

What it didn’t have at that point was a streamlined, intuitive online checkout process — and that quickly became a major hindrance to the company’s DTC expansion plans. “We We were attracted because of their fraud offering and then we saw their checkout solution.” That’s about creating a delightful experience for shoppers.

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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

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. However, these searching customers are not always finding what they’re looking for.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

After a successful pilot of stationary self-checkout technology at its recently renovated NYC flagship store, Bed Bath & Beyond will deploy solutions from NCR at select locations nationwide. “As NCR has been an incredible partner along this journey and its self-checkout solution brings an important capability to our stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2022

H&M Group is rolling out a pilot of several new tech-enabled in-store shopping solutions at COS stores in the U.S., including new payment and checkout options, personalized styling facilitated by smart mirrors and upgraded delivery and return options. The first store to pilot the new suite of solutions is the Beverly Hills, Calif.,

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The landscape of commerce and delivering customer experience changed dramatically over the past year, as millions of shoppers found health, safety, social distance and remote work taking center stage in their daily lives. More than one-third of consumers now shop online each week, up from 28% pre-pandemic. Omnichannel shopping.

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the surge in online shopping, physical stores remain essential for retailers, providing a space for customers to interact with products and build deeper brand connections. A well-designed store can create a memorable brand experience that strengthens customer loyalty.

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Self-checkout is already a big part of how customers shop — according to RBR’s report, “EPOS and Self Checkout in 2020” , shipments of self-checkout solutions increased by 52% in 2019 to a new record high. How can retailers learn how their shoppers and store associates are using self-checkout solutions?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The industry experimented with new approaches to how we do business in order to streamline the customer experience. As a result of these new approaches, customers now expect a secure, seamless shopping experience whether they are shopping in-person or online. It has been estimated that U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

Delek US Holdings will implement AI-powered self-checkout at more than 70 Delek DK convenience stores in Texas by late summer 2021, through a partnership with Mashgin. Delek is adopting the technology to speed up the in-store shopping experience and improve safety, which remains a concern even at the tail end of the pandemic.

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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. For retailers, inventory hoarding by bad bots has become a critical challenge to manage during the holiday shopping season.

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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 high-end supermarket will only retain self-checkouts in its Windermere and Keswick stores in the Lake District as these stores can become very busy.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has revealed plans to introduce self-service checkouts in the changing rooms of its 180 clothing stores, with the goal of enhancing the shopping experience and reducing the need for customers to queue twice.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Astound and Elie Saab designed the new website as “an authentic manifesto for the brand” while also ensuring transactional capabilities that will allow customers to easily shop its full range of offerings, from ready-to-wear and accessories to home living experiences. CEO of Elie Saab in a statement. “We

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Retail Focus

APRIL 24, 2023

The 11 th year of the CX Retail Exchange , 11-12 July 2023, will invite senior customer experience leaders in retail to the Hilton, Syon Park, to explore the biggest challenges and solutions in the industry. 5 stars!” To secure your place at the CX Retail Exchange 2023, request an invitation or visit our site.

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Retail Customer Experience

MAY 21, 2024

Just because checkout is the last step of the shopping journey doesn’t mean it should be stripped of all its potential to drive revenue and profitability.

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 19, 2021

Retailers have embraced contactless checkout, and some of the most forward-thinking companies have been taking that technology a step further with fully autonomous, "just walk out" shopping and checkout solutions.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tesco is trialing scan-free self-checkouts at one of its west London stores in a bid to provide a more “seamless and convenient” shopping experience. Customers can then check the list and pay as usual without needing to download the Tesco Grocery app as used in its other GetGo stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

Circle K will pilot a touchless autonomous checkout solution in one of its Phoenix locations and plans to add the technology to other store locations. We will not have to relocate merchandise, replace shelves or build an entirely new store to implement autonomous checkout.”.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience?

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

Whether responding to a transactional survey, sharing an experience in a group chat (or Zoom), leaving a public Google review, or streaming a live unboxing of your product on TikTok – customers are advocating for or detracting from your brand in new and countless ways. Customer journey disruption is here to stay.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Retailers are integrating AI with bricks-and-mortar shops and online platforms to give the shopping experience a remarkable transformation, enhancing both customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Automated checkout experiences: Retailers such as Apple are pioneering checkout-free shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Ahead of the holiday season, Walmart is adding new tools to support its mobile and online shopping with enhancements including: New styling features; Expanded Spanish-language search; An updated registry platform; and Inclusive functions for shoppers using SNAP and EBT. Customers can also use EBT or SNAP debit cards to pay at checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The in-store grocery shopping experience has held on to its appeal, even as supermarket retailers have realized that they also need to offer customers simple, yet personalized, digital commerce options. But supermarkets can no longer rely on simply providing a top-notch store experience for success.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Usage of click & collect has been accelerated over the last year with several Localz customers seeing 200-300-per cent growth year on year. It’s clear that this volume will remain and grow as consumers have adopted store pick-up as a habitual way to shop in post-lockdown. Click and Collect no longer nice to have.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Engaging with shoppers in real time as they leisurely walk through your store is essential for creating lasting connections that go beyond checkout — and keep them coming back for more. Endless aisles also build trust and loyalty through an all-around improved shopping experience.

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Retail Focus

JULY 17, 2024

Specialist fragrance retailer, The Perfume Shop (TPS), has seen “out on time” shipment rates across the UK and Ireland hit 99.2% The post The Perfume Shop improves customer journeys while driving profitability in partnership with Scurri appeared first on Retail Focus Magazine - Retail Design.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

However, the past few years have also exposed what online shopping just cannot replicate – human interaction, experiential shopping and social connection. . “We 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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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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