Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2022

Mashgin , a self-checkout solution powered by AI and computer vision, has raised $62.5 The Mashgin solution speeds checkout by reading multiple items simultaneously, although it requires shoppers to set their purchases down on the countertop devices’ base to operate. million in Series B funding at a $1.5

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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

AUGUST 23, 2023

For retailers, self-checkout is something of a double-edged sword. Moreover, customers seem very receptive to self-checkout, with 73% noting that it feels much faster than a traditional cashier. Additionally, 85% of Gen Z consumers use self-checkout when available, driven largely by the convenience factor.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Chances are you noticed some changes at the checkout line. There were probably more self-checkout choices and fewer cashiers. The Growth of Self-Checkout . Self-checkouts have been prevalent in retail stores across America since the early 2000s. Checkout-Free Stores . So, what’s a viable solution?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sainsbury’s will upgrade 22,500 checkouts across its supermarkets, convenience stores and fuel stations with cloud-based POS and analytics solutions from NCR Voyix.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Each device can perform core transactional functions — such as the ability to accept card and cash payments and scan products for efficient checkouts — offline. Transactions rung in offline mode are stored locally on each device and transmitted to the cloud automatically once the device re-establishes connectivity.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning retailers from offering any type of plastic bag to customers at the point of sale. The new law, scheduled to take effect Jan. This straightforward approach is easy to follow and will help dramatically reduce plastic bag pollution.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer the service to business customers, including the Shopify Point of Sale app this spring. With Tap to Pay on iPhone, millions of businesses using Stripe can enhance their in-person commerce experience by offering their customers a fast and secure checkout.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Vitamin Shoppe will update its point-of-sale and promotions capabilities chainwide with solutions from Jumpmind. The retailer had deployed a secure wide area network (WAN) for its stores in April 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

Louis Schnucks stores this fall, with a broader rollout planned for later this year. Schnuck Markets has extended its partnership with Instacart to introduce Caper Carts, which use AI and computer vision to automatically identify items shoppers put into them, allowing shoppers to then skip the line and check out using the cart technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

This is the second part of our two-part series, “From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” In part one we went beyond the headlines to uncover the reality of the self-checkout situation. In part two, we’re examining the feasibility of fully autonomous checkout solutions like Amazon’s Just Walk Out.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

Technology — specifically edge computing — provides the foundation for a better customer experience, real-time inventory management, enhanced security and loss prevention and in-store analytics. 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

AUGUST 22, 2023

Associates will need to install the mobile Point of Sale App on their iPhones to use it. This solution means our merchants don’t need to worry about certain pain points like a card reader Bluetooth connectivity, terminal power charging or manually entering card information.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Vivek Malik, Senior Vice President of Store Systems. Zippin , a provider of checkout-free technologies for brick-and-mortar retail, has hired veteran retail executive Vivek Malik, formerly Senior Director of Infrastructure and Store IT at 7-Eleven , as its SVP of Store Systems. . Malik brings nearly 20.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

URBN , parent company of Urban Outfitters , Anthropologie , Free People and FP Movement , will adopt Stripe as its primary payments infrastructure for both online and in-store sales, consolidating the majority of its North American payments volume onto the solution provider.

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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

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

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. It’s exciting to see a checkout-free capability live in one of our stores,” said Eric Traxler, VP of IT at Aldi in a statement. Aldi has retrofitted its Aurora, Ill.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout. You need to prepare both physically and mentally to run the full distance.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In the first usage of Amazon ’s Just Walk Out (JWO) technology by a non-Amazon international retailer, Sainsbury’s has deployed the cashierless solution in its Holborn Circus convenience store. Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019.

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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. Retailers using cashier-based systems also are focusing on updating hardware and software to improve the checkout experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2024

Target is committed to creating an easy and convenient checkout experience, and that includes providing our guests with numerous ways to pay, including our new Target Circle Cards (formerly known as Target RedCard); cash; digital wallets; SNAP/EBT; buy now, pay later services; and credit and debit cards,” according to a Target spokesperson.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Amazon spokesperson Carly Golden, quoted by CNBC , said “We’ve heard from customers that while they enjoyed the benefit of skipping the checkout line with Just Walk Out, they also wanted the ability to easily find nearby products and deals, view their receipt as they shop and know how much money they saved while shopping throughout the store.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Self-Checkout/Roaming Checkout. Versions of self-checkout are already in play for grocery, big box and a variety of other stores, mostly to reduce wait times at registers. Roaming checkout enables employees to take payments from shoppers from anywhere inside the store.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

In fact, Walmart has designed its newest stores to be shopped while being guided by the app. Checkout is moving to frictionless. About half of all checkout lanes are self-checkout and this percentage is growing weekly. Checkout lines will be a thing of the past, as they simply walk out with the items they need.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Smart merchandising helped GetGo improve the consumer experience and increase sales. Self-checkout. Self-checkout systems in retail stores significantly streamline the customer experience and improve stores’ operational efficiency, eliminating the need for customers to wait in long queues to buy goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Take Stock of the Inventory Amid the digital transformation of retail, technologies such as SquareSpace have become more commonplace at the point of sale, while self-service kiosks and cashierless checkouts are now ubiquitous.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

Instant answers about product sizing or shipping details can greatly influence the shopping experience and make or break a sale. Tip 2: Simplify the cart and checkout process. With improved customer service and streamlined checkout processes, retailers can continue building loyalty while mitigating customer irritations.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Amazon had announced plans to close eight Amazon Go stores in March 2023 and reportedly closed a Seattle location in June 2023. The 3,800-square-foot Puyallup store is equipped with the Amazon Just Walk Out cashierless checkout technology and offers grab-and-go food as well as a made-to-order kitchen serving breakfast, sandwiches and wraps.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Later this month, Sam’s Club will reopen a tornado-damaged store in Grapevine, Texas that will feature displays of online-only products where the checkout lanes would be in a typical store, as well as four times more space for associates to assemble ecommerce orders, according to CNBC and confirmed by the retailer.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Social commerce channels are a boon for brands because they marry authentic connection with the convenience of native checkout features to create powerful shopping experiences. The cost-of-living crisis is undoubtedly driving buying decisions, so simplifying the consumer journey is essential for closing the sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Cashierless technology has traditionally relied on having inventory placed into well-defined spaces, such as the MicroMarket operating in a Dave & Buster’s restaurant, which allows the technology’s computer vision to more easily “see” items that customers pick up and take with them. “At

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Retailers have gotten better about thinking about simple things like power accessibility or creating WiFi shadows around fixtures and things like that, but there are still far too many unintended consequences that come out of store design because they did not think through tech requirements up front.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Any disruption to the wired network due to a fiber cut, network error or human lapse will result in the store going offline. 5G provides an alternate method to keep the store connected at all times. Circle K , and AutoZone are already using 5G to connect their stores. Tractor Supply Co.

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