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Making Fulfillment a Revenue Driver: 6 Ways Design and Tech Can Collaborate

Retail TouchPoints

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Nicholas believes that to make store fulfillment a truly profitable initiative, retailers need to find new ways for their tech, operations and design teams to collaborate.

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Dollar General Plans 575 New Stores, 4,250 Remodels, Tests Same-Day Delivery

Retail TouchPoints

Although executives didnt share additional details on the specific tactics being used, shrink was the primary reason given when the company announced in June 2024 that it was removing self-checkout kiosks from most of its stores.

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The Future of In-Store Tech: How Digital Innovation is Shaping Retail

Retail Focus

With advancements like AI-driven personalization and checkout-free shopping, the future of in-store technology is poised to completely revolutionize the way we shop. Contactless and Frictionless Payments Long checkout lines have been a longstanding frustration for shoppers.

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Top 10 Contactless Trends to Watch in 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Simplifying Checkout In this case, “simplifying checkout” means embracing “self-checkout.” To prove the value of these experiences, Buzek cited results at retailer Sam’s Club , where stores that offered a self-checkout option registered sales 18% higher than those without it.

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New Research: Retailers Plan to ‘Invest Their Way’ Through Impending Recession

Retail TouchPoints

Indeed, when asked how they view their stores today, three of the top six responses involved omnichannel integration with ecommerce operations , including expanding stores’ roles as fulfillment centers, data collection points and ecommerce “showrooms.” Regardless of the method, the result is the demise of the cash wrap as we know it.

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Grocery’s Future: Retail Media Integration Across In-Store and Online Channels 

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For this reason, there have been major investments in exciting retail activations from some of the biggest grocers in the world, with a particular focus on bringing the online and in-store shopping experiences together in one seamless checkout. Aldi uses the same technology to help employees more quickly fulfill curbside pickup orders.

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4 Key Point-of-Sale Trends for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

One of the biggest trends of the last three years or so has been the growth of microservices to support a single transaction engine, one that supports the [store] POS, mobile POS, the website and even transactional kiosks,” said Sheldon. Part and parcel of that is headless architecture. Bitcoin was the rage, and now it isn’t,” noted Sheldon.