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 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

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

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

APRIL 1, 2025

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.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

margin points when their customers’ journeys are not optimized, but when they are optimized, they can recover about 70% of that margin loss,” explained Buzek. Simplifying Checkout In this case, “simplifying checkout” means embracing “self-checkout.”

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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

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. Stores as multi-purpose hubs — Transitioning from legacy to next-generation point-of-sale systems was a tech priority for 79% of the retail executives surveyed.

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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 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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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 TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2025

A Thriftly kiosk stationed in the clothing sorting area. Eventually we also want you to be able to do self-checkout with your own phone. They come every day, and when I see the big stacks of stuff they walk out with, I mean, its great, but I don’t really want to be the reseller supplier, he said.

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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

JULY 12, 2023

Customer Experience It’s been five years since Amazon Go opened to the public, creating the template for the retail store of the future by allowing shoppers to skip the checkout line entirely. Those same cameras and sensors also are at the heart of the grab-and-go checkout system featured in Amazon Go stores.

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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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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 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

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

5G can also connect mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals , self-service kiosks, scan-and-go checkouts and other forms of frictionless shopping with ease. Any disruption to the wired network due to a fiber cut, network error or human lapse will result in the store going offline. Tractor Supply Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

There are also benefits to using kiosks, self-checkout devices and other point of sale technology systems for in-store convenience too, bringing some of the technological advancements of ecommerce into the store itself.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

Malls can also deploy digital kiosks for customer service, so people don’t have to wait to talk to a customer service rep. One of the big developers has already created a digitized real-time store inventory with one-card checkout. Some of this is already being used, but some of it is still under development.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

million mobile point-of-sale (POS) devices in the U.S. Below are five practical use cases for retail-based mobile point-of-sale. In-store kiosks – Kiosks have become popular in the restaurant business, but they’re also useful in retail. Business Insider reported , in 2016, that there would be 27.7

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Marketers can further leverage point-of-purchase inventory to run ads on DOOH screens in key locations right before a purchase is being made. CPG brands can also utilize advanced targeting and reporting capabilities to shift parameters and optimize campaigns in real time.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

The experience improvements lead to a 9-per-cent increase in NPS, a 4-per-cent increase in online checkout satisfaction, and importantly a 51-per-cent increase in online sales in three months. So, how would this work when physical stores open up again? How can I get started quickly?

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

million mobile point-of-sale (POS) devices in the U.S. Below are five practical use cases for retail-based mobile point-of-sale. In-store kiosks – Kiosks have become popular in the restaurant business, but they’re also useful in retail. Business Insider reported , in 2016, that there would be 27.7

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2022

Firstly, we have rapidly grown and developed a strong omni presence in Singapore with 15 points of sales, an ecommerce website and lastly a sports marketplace, supported by a regional warehouse in Johor Bahru. The RFID tags placed on the products allow them to be automatically detected when placed at the checkout kiosks.

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I Vend

JULY 15, 2022

Customer facing display – engaging customers at the point of sale , by presenting offers, information or a chance to interact with their loyalty program data. Customer self-service – self-checkout to reduce queues and make for smooth, easy payments. Offering the chance to self-serve if they want to.

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Star Miconics

JANUARY 17, 2025

Self-checkout. Explore Star's Kiosk Solutions The Self-Service Revolution: Grocery Edition Grocery technology at NRF 2025 didnt just stand out; it shouted its presence. Self-service kiosks and checkout stations were front and center, and not just for the sake of automation. POS scales. They just care about the ROI.

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Star Miconics

MARCH 11, 2022

Self-service, or “unattended” environments, are the new expectation, and 2022 will officially be the watershed moment for self-checkout technology, adoption, and innovation. Let’s break down some key pieces you’ll want to consider when building out your strategy. Self-Serve Is So Self-Serving. It's A Big Eco-System.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 14, 2024

Whether you are browsing the aisles of your closest supermarket or walking the stalls of the local market on a Saturday morning, you are almost certain to come across some form of point of sale or point of purchase materials. This can include contactless payments and sanitised self-checkout stations. “In

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In the physical world, there are established stores, pop up stores, kiosks, collection lockers and collection and drop off partners. In the early days of omnichannel, 15 years ago, the average shopper used two touchpoints to make a sale. Most commonly that was ordering online for collection in store – or click and collect.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Simply put, an integrated retail management system brings together all the functionality a store needs to run its business, covering everything from the point of sale (POS) to inventory, loyalty, and staff management. If not, this is the time to consider investing in an integrated software platform.

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Cisco Retail

JUNE 27, 2022

The smaller footprint and quieter fanless design mean the switch can go in more places where other switches cannot, such as under desks, in closets, on the wall, and at the checkout counter for retail point of sale (POS) installations. One quick look and you will notice something different about the Catalyst 9200CX models.

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365 Retail

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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Star Miconics

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Somerset, NJ – October 11, 2022 – Star Micronics , a leading manufacturer of mobile, point-of-sale (POS), and customer engagement technologies, is proud to announce the extension of their acclaimed mUnite tablet stand line. Their cutting-edge design keeps cables off the checkout counter, giving customers a clean, fresh presentation.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JUNE 26, 2024

This shift is driven by several factors: Technological Advancements: From mobile Point-of-Sale to business intelligence (BI), technology enables retailers to offer immersive and customized shopping experiences. Streamlined Checkout Process A cumbersome checkout process can deter customers.

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