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Dollar General Voids Self-Checkout at 12,000 Stores, Citing Shrink

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What a difference two years make: Dollar General was enthusiastic enough about self-checkout in June 2022 that it announced trialing 100% self-checkout at 200 stores. Dollar General also is focusing on reducing turnover among managers, in part with improvements to supply chain and merchandising functions.

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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

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Another key challenge for Hot Topic’s inventory management system is ensuring its BOPIS options run smoothly even as it fulfills orders across multiple channels. This includes the POS, which is powered by Manhattan’s order management system.

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Dollar General to Trial 100% Self-Checkout Stores at 200 Locations

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Discount variety chain Dollar General is looking to self-checkout as a way to “leverage and reinforce our position as a low-cost operator,” COO Jeff Owen told analysts on the company’s Q1 earnings call on May 26, 2022. Now, Owens said the company also plans to begin testing a 100% self-checkout store format across 200 locations this year.

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Trigo Raises $100 Million to Fuel Expansion of Cashier-Free Checkout Technology

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enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. The technology aims to enable frictionless checkout, real-time inventory tracking and other technologies.

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Circle K Will Retrofit Stores To Pilot Autonomous Checkout

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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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RFID Technology: Enhancing Retail Efficiency While Protecting Consumer Data

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RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects, offering retailers precise control over inventory and enabling real-time data analytics to enhance operational efficiency. Technologies such as frictionless checkout systems or ‘Just Walk Out technology’ take a different approach.

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Retailers Need to be Smarter with Their Smart Store Implementations

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Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID tags and even fully automated storefronts, retail leaders have slowly but surely embraced digital in-store enhancements. Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades.