Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

The trend towards using self-service and self-checkout (SCO) options in both retail and hospitality was already strong, but the pandemic sent it soaring. The same research found that 47 per cent of consumers choose different checkout options each time. The rise of small, modular self-checkout devices is changing the game.

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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. In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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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 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. Mashgin’s autonomous self-checkout is 300% faster, frictionless, and social distance-friendly. Mobile wallet usage rose 60% to account for 9.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Nspire , a merchandising solutions provider, offers tools that can help retailers implement contactless checkout. Nspire provides shop fittings made to enable the placement of touchless checkout systems anywhere in the store. Once they’re ready, they can then check out without the need for any one-on-one interaction.

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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 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

MARCH 22, 2021

Autonomous convenience store retailer Wundermart is expanding its operations, with plans to open more than 10,000 checkout-free stores in a partnership with contactless checkout company AiFi.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

The remodels may be part of a plan to roll out 200 completely self-checkout stores this year. Dollar General already has self-checkout kiosks in 8,000 of its 18,000 stores and plans to increase that number to 11,000 by the end of 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Contactless Checkout and Payment: Stores will include self-checkout kiosks as well as contactless payment solutions, including Walmart Pay, to limit contact between associates and customers. Select locations will also have Scan & Go to help customers manage their checkout directly.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Airport retailer Paradies Lagardère is testing a contactless checkout experience in several U.S. The retailer is the first to introduce MishiPay’s checkout solution in the U.S. airport locations, using the “Scan, Pay & Go” technology from MishiPay.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

Of course, physical retail has had to undergo a few changes since the first wave of Covid, particularly at entry, payment and checkout. The kiosks are often used by customers who would prefer to limit chances of Covid transmission or have weighed up whether they would be faster checking out themselves.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. But POS experts are still bullish on the technology.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2023

New research from Capterra finds that tip fatigue — exhaustion caused by the pressure to tip more money to a widening array of workers — is a serious problem affecting most consumers who use checkout tablets at restaurants and other businesses. This should give pause to any business that uses checkout tablets.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2022

This initial project was focused on convenience and the integration of the digital and brick-and-mortar experiences, including via the optimization of store layouts for easier navigation and the addition of more self-checkout kiosks and contactless payment solutions, including Walmart Pay.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

This, combined with workforce shortages, has caused airports to move more toward automation, with self-service check-in kiosks, baggage drops and mini stores. According to SITA, by 2024 88% of airports are expected to be equipped with check-in kiosks and 59% will have automated border control.

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Retail Customer Experience

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Find out how you can proactively monitor and manage all your POS terminals, kiosks, self-checkout terminals, digital signage, mobile devices and peripherals to maximize uptime and reduce service costs.

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Retail Dive

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In an expanded partnership between the two companies, Walmart is adding a BNPL option to checkout kiosks at most stores.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Co-op is installing more than 200 secure till kiosks, locked cabinets for spirits and AI technology to monitor self-checkouts in a bid to tackle a rise in retail crime. He explained that the particular stores were rendered unprofitable until new security measures including reinforced till kiosks with secure doors were introduced.

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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.

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Retail Focus

JULY 28, 2021

The idea eliminates checkout lines. 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. And Amazon now offers other retailers this same ability. The genius is the technology helps rather than deflects.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 10, 2019

However, there are some things about certain brick-and-mortar stores that are not fun: long lines and poor checkout experiences. Why the Checkout Experience Matters. For brick-and-mortar retailers, an excellent checkout process is a must-have. The alternative is shoppers who dread the checkout. 3: The Snake Line.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Another trend, sometimes happening in tandem, is stores creating space and changing their flow patterns in response to the rise of mobile POS and self-service checkout offerings. One trend driven by the rise in ecommerce shopping is a shrinking of the front, consumer-facing area of the store to make more room for back-of-house fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2021

Second, retailers should encourage the use of self-checkout kiosks where possible. Where self-checkout kiosks are not installed or it would be impractical to have customers only have the self-checkout option, retailers must include signage on the floor showing customers where they must stand while waiting in line.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

CEQ has also introduced an e-market online order system, which enables consumers to order items not available in store, as well as ‘HappyOrNot’ customer feedback kiosks to gauge success. It has also removed confectionary chocolate from its checkout, to further encourage healthier options.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2021

Some are testing delivery robots, others self-serve mobile kiosks, and some are simply retrofitting flagship, high-traffic locations with AI cameras and sensors. Which impulse items are people buying at checkout? As the pandemic continued, those retailers doubled down on their investments.

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Frank Mayer

JULY 30, 2021

teams with Alt36 on a market-ready self-service kiosk that offers a compliant digital payment solution for the cannabis sector. GRAFTON, WI – Alt36, a digital payments provider for the cannabis industry, has partnered with kiosk designer and manufacturer Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc.

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Frank Mayer

APRIL 21, 2022

Self-service kiosks continue to rise in popularity as a powerful tool benefitting businesses and their customer experience strategies. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the most common self-service kiosk questions and their answers. Self-service kiosks can offer a variety of functions outside of strictly ordering capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2020

An October 2019 survey found that many shoppers are already comfortable using their phones for a number of tasks, including: Finding product information: 73% ; Making payments: 70% ; In-store navigation: 66% ; Self-checkout: 66% ; and Self-identification: 46%.

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Frank Mayer

APRIL 25, 2022

As you prepare, make sure your kiosks check all the boxes for user experience and operation. Here we detail five best kiosk practices that should be standard considerations for every project. Interactive kiosks are often recognized for the multiple advantages they provide their users, like convenience, privacy, and ease of use.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Shopper engagement Chatbots and in-store kiosks: These provide instant assistance to your shoppers seeking information, especially when it comes to those common, easy-to-answer questions. Automated checkout experiences: Retailers such as Apple are pioneering checkout-free shopping. Here are the key areas to apply AI in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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.

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VMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Systems to erase checkout lines are on the grow, as exemplified by these three new installations: • A Pick & Go store in Munich is Germany’s first fully autonomous, cashier-less supermarket. The new supermarket allows customers to walk in, select their items off the shelves and leave without having to pay at checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2024

has created a virtual kiosk within its E.l.f. Orders are handled by a Walmart API and follow a familiar checkout flow, and users who purchase an item also will receive a “virtual twin” for use on Roblox. experience on Roblox , where U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

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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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Amazon has paused expansion of its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and Amazon Go checkout-free convenience stores, CEO Andy Jassy told investors on an earnings call. The ecommerce giant is searching for a “format that we think resonates with customers,” with “differentiation and economic value that we like.”

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