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The Future of In-Store Tech: How Digital Innovation is Shaping Retail

Retail Focus

Contactless and Frictionless Payments Long checkout lines have been a longstanding frustration for shoppers. To combat this, retailers are embracing contactless and frictionless payment solutions. IoT and Smart Inventory Management The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionising inventory management.

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Retailers Need to be Smarter with Their Smart Store Implementations

Retail TouchPoints

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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Smart shopping carts, low-code and robots: Welcome to retail tech in 2023

Inside Retail

In stores, RPA robots can be used for tasks such as shelf stocking and inventory management. Payment systems evolution. With new payment methods such as e-commerce and mobile payments, people can pay for their purchases quickly and conveniently with just a few simple clicks. Digital signage: A new way to interact.

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In-store shopping is far from dead – but the phygital world beckons retailers

Inside Retail

I can’t see online platforms competing in the tangibility sphere – not to satisfaction, at least,” Quinn adds. Lightspeed is a single platform for point-of-sale, payment processing, inventory management and reporting which also includes tools for e-commerce and marketing. And this appeal will last.

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McDonald’s outage underlines the risks of retailers becoming too reliant on tech

Inside Retail

Today technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald’s business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech company that happens to sell burgers. McDonald’s wants more customers to order through digital avenues like its app and kiosks, which already made up a third of its sales in top markets in 2022.

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Robots, RFID tags and an incubator area: Inside Decathlon’s new Data Lab

Inside Retail

The concept of Data Lab came about as the brand saw the need for the extension of all our efforts in research and development of innovative solution capabilities to enhance retail processes that benefit the consumer experience across Decathlon stores globally. IR: Can you tell us what is involved in the partnership with Conexus Studio?

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Double bubble – the twin benefits of great retail technology

I Vend

It is well established as a reliable driver of loyalty, increased revenue, credibility and effective advocate marketing. Customer self-service – self-checkout to reduce queues and make for smooth, easy payments. Read more about technology that drives customer and employee satisfaction.