Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

This innovative c-store will not only provide our students with a diverse selection of hot and cold food options but also meet their personal and grocery needs, said Rose Wilson, District Manager, Sodexo at Northern Arizona University in a statement.

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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

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. grocery sales were in physical stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The AI-powered autonomous shopping experience just got bigger, in the form of a 4,000-square-foot hybrid convenience market called AI Go in Shanghai. The store combines a manned checkout with the use of computer vision as part of checkout-free shopping powered by AiFi Solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Walmart has unveiled a reimagined store design, with a new look and feel that focuses on a digitally enabled shopping experience. At the entrance, clean, colorful iconography and a store directory welcome customers and encourage them to download and use the Walmart app while they shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the surge in online shopping, physical stores remain essential for retailers, providing a space for customers to interact with products and build deeper brand connections. A well-designed store can create a memorable brand experience that strengthens customer loyalty.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2025

Initially focused on providing an easy way for athletes (Dicks name for its customers) to learn more about products via an in-store barcode scanning feature, the app has continued to incorporate new features that remove friction from the checkout process, such as like autocomplete address suggestions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 28, 2021

UST, a digital transformation solutions company, has launched the UST Walk-In, Walk-Out frictionless shopping solution. This contactless solution is designed to eliminate long checkout lines and waiting times by enabling shoppers to walk into a store, grab their items and immediately walk out. Asia and Europe.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2020

We’re moving quickly to use our physical retail stores to not only serve in-store shoppers, but to flex to meet the needs of online shoppers, too, in ways that only Walmart can,” said John Crecelius, SVP of Associate Product and Next Generation Stores at Walmart U.S. That’s where our new test stores come in.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It provides a detailed view of the customers shopping process, helping retailers understand how customers interact with their brand at every stage. By prioritizing emotional insights, retailers can create environments where customers feel seen, valued and understood, setting the stage for loyalty that goes far beyond the checkout counter.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Engaging with shoppers in real time as they leisurely walk through your store is essential for creating lasting connections that go beyond checkout — and keep them coming back for more. Endless aisles also build trust and loyalty through an all-around improved shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

To gather insights as part of the Post Occupancy Evaluation process, T&C and the Building Performance team at Cushing Terrell developed and distributed a survey to T&C’s customer base across their six store locations. Many noted that their positive perception of T&C’s COVID-19 response has increased their loyalty. Looking Ahead.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Worcester R e d Sox (the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox) has teamed up with Standard AI to open an autonomous fan store at the team’s newly constructed stadium, Polar Park. Fans enter the store, grab the items they want and then, using the Standard AI checkout app, simply tap their phone to walk out.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2023

Walmart will offer “sensory-friendly” hours for customers with sensory disabilities on designated days throughout the back-to-school shopping season. local time, most Walmart stores will feature a quieter shopping environment, with store lights dimmed, music turned off and any screens with moving pictures switched over to a stationary image.

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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. You should be capable of easily opening up autonomous shops, and it needs to be cost-effective.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2023

That sense of unease is to be expected from a cohort shaped by both the 2008-2009 Great Recession and the COVID pandemic, and it’s had a big impact on their shopping choices: nearly half ( 48% ) say they shop the most often at discount/off-price retailers, and 25% frequently patronize dollar stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

“We believe the future of grocery will lean heavily into personalization — whether it’s achieved through in-store smart carts or by providing the best possible ecommerce experience for our customers,” said Chace MacMullan, Senior Director of Digital Experience at Schnucks in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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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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

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

JULY 20, 2020

Without leaving their email inboxes, Yahoo Mail users will now be able to browse, add to cart and purchase essential groceries from Walmart and pick them up at a nearby store. The new ‘Groceries from Walmart’ feature that lives within Yahoo Mail takes one more step out of our customers’ days, helping them shop when, how and where they want.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2021

In fact, it’s evolved from a futuristic sci-fi concept to a safe option for shoppers to do their daily grocery shopping. As a result, retailers had to move quickly to implement social distancing mandates in stores to make their customers feel as safe as possible while shopping. Which impulse items are people buying at checkout?

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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

MARCH 8, 2021

As we learn from guests what they love about Ulta Beauty Herald Square, we will incorporate aspects into other stores where feasible and appropriate,” said Kecia Steelman, Chief Store Operations Officer of Ulta Beauty in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This seemed like a significant blow to brick-and-mortar retail, were it not for an unavoidable truth: shoppers, by and large, did not want to do their shopping online — most felt compelled to, whether due to store closures, safety concerns or restrictions on movement and commerce. trillion in retail sales in 2021.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Thirteen years after Woolworths introduced self-service checkouts to Australian supermarket shoppers, discount grocer Aldi has bowed to the demand for quick and convenient self-serve transactions at its stores. I suspect they’ll progress that across their fleet of stores in the coming years,” Mortimer said. Quiet observer.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

QuickChek , a convenience store operator with 160 locations in New Jersey and New York, has launched the QuickChek Rewards loyalty program. At checkout, QuickChek Rewards members can scan the barcode within the app to earn perks on food and beverages.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Zippin and Fujitsu Limited have formed a new partnership that makes Fujitsu an exclusive distributor of Zippin’s checkout-free solution in Japan. The stores will leverage Zippin’s checkout-free SaaS platform, with a focus on cashier-free, cashless operations to save staff time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Appointments for high-end fashion brand shopping have been a long-time standard, but they’ve begun to trickle down to fast fashion brands like H&M and Zara too. Customers book an appointment online and then shop in-store, creating a more curated feel while making life easier for associates to manage.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

JD.com has entered the autonomous store space in Europe with the launch of two omnichannel cashierless stores in the Netherlands. The Ochama shops, located in Leiden and Rotterdam, carry everything from food to home furnishings and are operated entirely by robots.

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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 1, 2022

Things like ecommerce will soon eclipse brick-and-mortar, retail is facing an apocalypse or delivery to home will become the norm in grocery shopping. Shoppers are returning to stores, again. In the ChaseDesign Q1 Shopper Sentiment Survey, 85% of people said, “I plan to shop in physical stores more in 2022 than last year.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Features like AI-powered recommendations and dynamic pricing are personalizing shopping experiences. Simply asking ‘How was your shopping experience today?’ These systems’ ubiquity makes them a strong platform for enhancing and personalizing customer interactions. POS systems are now at the forefront of customer engagement,” said Bond.

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