Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Additionally, National Retail Solutions (NRS) , which provides point-of-sale and other store management solutions for more than 17,000 bodegas and neighborhood convenience stores, is partnering with Uber Direct to support same-day delivery offerings. Uber Eats expanded ordering hours and live order tracking in July 2022 ; and.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out (JWO) technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and will not deploy the solution in new locations scheduled to open later this year, according to multiple media reports.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Further, the new store provided Coles with a platform to innovate, a key focus for the supermarket giant. Value plays a very important role throughout the entire store, so we have used various point-of-sale mechanics to draw customers’ attention,” Rose added.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2025

From advanced point-of-sale capabilities to omnichannel commerce and self-service solutions, Flooids technology empowers retailers to meet customer demands with speed and efficiency. The Flooid platform enables retailers to deliver seamless, consistent experiences across all channels whether online, in-store, or at the pump.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

according to reporting in Supermarket News and other outlets. Amazon has opened a new Amazon Go store in the Tacoma suburb of Puyallup, Wash., The opening, which took place Sept. 26, 2023, comes despite Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s February 2023 announcement that the retailer would halt expansion of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store footprints.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

Digital payments capabilities are particularly important to luxury retailers, supermarkets and department stores, while online retailers are less likely to stress this goal.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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. In another first, customers access the checkout solution via the Sainsbury SmartShop app rather than the Amazon app, meaning they can use an interface they already are familiar with.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

Depending on if your location is accessible from the street, operating inside of a mall, a supermarket or even an airport, your security design should reflect this location. You should also use cameras to see what’s occurring at the point of sale with a clear view of the cash register or tablet, the cashier and the customer.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

The first barcode was scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum in an Ohio supermarket. Internationally, Tesco the UK’s biggest supermarket, is in favour of the smaller packaging footprint that the next-gen barcodes offer. The barcode’s journey began 50 years ago, with the linear barcode introduction.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

I’m seeing a lot of interest in localized smart checkout scenarios, especially in grocery, supermarket and mass,” said Sandeep Unni, Senior Director and Retail Analyst in Gartner ’s Research and Advisory practice in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. by the end of 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

including 200 Whole Foods supermarkets, and have clocked more than 3 million uses to date. Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology also has been deployed by other brands, including select Panera Bread locations.

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Inside Retail

MAY 1, 2024

Not only is it extremely expensive to be doing at shelf point of sale and it’s also quite fleeting in the respect that you only have a very short window that the point of sale is up for,” he added.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2020

Shekel , an AI-powered advanced weighing solution provider, has introduced Fast Track, a touchless machine learning-based cloudless self-checkout solution for supermarkets. Fast Track aims to eliminate the need for consumers to enter product codes via touchscreens by automatically recognizing produce, bakery and specialty items.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Supermarkets are some of the biggest retail businesses in the world, so it’s no surprise they are at the forefront of industry trends and innovation. Brad Banducci, CEO of Australian supermarket giant Woolworths for the past seven years, is a big proponent of using technology to improve operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The supermarket retailer will roll out the smart carts at select St. 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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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

From the supermarket checkout to the hospital ward and beyond, the barcode is an unsung hero of modern life that we should all be grateful for. They are scanning more than 5 million 2DBarcodes at point-of-sale each week, achieving significant results.

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I Vend

APRIL 2, 2025

iVend has a different approach we recognise that running a supermarket could not be more different to running a pharmacy, and that electronics retail and thrift retail are vastly different. The software at the checkout stores sits on the point of sale device and is not dependent on the network.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. Amazon , one of the pioneers of cashierless solutions, has been moving away from deployments in supermarkets. Aldi has retrofitted its Aurora, Ill.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2024

Cooperative food wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) , which serves independently owned supermarkets, has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer ecommerce and same-day delivery solutions as well as smart cart technology to its member retailers. An Instacart shopper will then pick and deliver the order.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

food retail industry comprises nearly 63,000 grocery stores and supermarkets, which amounted to $765.98 billion in sales in 2021. To stay competitive, retailers need to create and maintain loyal customers; 43% of customers spend more on brands to which they are loyal.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

Most notable is Amazon’s recent pullback of its own tech, with the removal of JWO from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and its plans to focus on smart carts instead at new locations. The short answer is no, although the experiment is still very much in progress — and there have been some big failures.

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365 Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Their apps open, supermarket executives also enquire: “But who’ll own the data …?”. For example, since McDonald’s introduced kiosk ordering systems, sales have increased, in part due to reduced customer pressure at point of sale (POS). And Amazon now offers other retailers this same ability.

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

 As the holiday season approaches, supermarkets start to gear up for their busiest time of the year. We all like to eat, drink and be merry, and that means big business for supermarkets and grocery stores. iVend’s Retail Management Solution iVend helps supermarkets run efficiently at any time of year.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2023

Rethinking the barcode The barcode – a block of irregular black lines signifying a product’s unique SKU – was launched in Australia in the 1970’s as retailers decided they needed a normalised system to track and scan products at their point of sale.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2022

The same barcode that you use at your point-of-sale can also be scanned on a phone by the consumer so they can access a lot of information about the products they’re buying. Major US supermarket Walmart also did a pilot program using 2D barcodes from GS1 recently.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 5, 2024

The grocer said it “will be able to help speed up the customer journey” by receiving real-time data and analytics while harnessing the power of AI for sales analysis, estimating future store performance, colleague productivity and cash management.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2024

If you were in London, you’d find these items in the most luxury-oriented stores, but not a general supermarket, and we’re bringing them to America for the first time.” Olive Et Al “shop” on Faire.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

There may be a path whereby this point of sale becomes the source for last mile delivery. They went there and opened what they are good at — supermarkets, hypermarkets and convenience stores — but in this part of the world, we’ll be online only.” “They are halfway between a B2B and B2C,” said Vacirca.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2021

In-store pickup, curbside pickup and delivery certainly helped supermarkets offer an e-grocery option, but convenience alone isn’t a long-term strategy. Rather than years or months, grocers had just weeks (if not days) to adapt to the new competitive pressures of the ecommerce space.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

The more attractive retailers show that they’re not just a point of sale,” he said. For its part, Fresh Hippo from Alibaba is still celebrated as one of the world’s most innovative supermarket concepts thanks to its creative combination of technology, in-store dining and fresh food offerings. La Fromagerie, Marylebone, London.

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I Vend

APRIL 2, 2025

You know that its more than simply a point of sale, and that it offers a comprehensive platform for managing the entire retail operation. Supermarkets require tools to track fresh and perishable produce. Hardware stores need to manage bulk sales and special-order items.

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Retail Focus

MAY 2, 2023

With a requirement to make the spaces feel like a market and not a conventional supermarket, TRILUX was brought on board to design the lighting concept. Invisible light Traditional supermarket lighting is bright, white, and uniform.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 10, 2024

The supermarket is also making the same changes to its Taste the Difference breaded fish fillets, in a bid to save 48 tonnes of plastic a year. Orange point of sale signs with the slogan ‘Good to Know’ have been introduced in its stores and will be featured on packaging and a new radio campaign later this year.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Supermarkets, for example, are targeting promotions based on different areas of their stores or using screens to manage queues. Elsewhere, digital signage inside point-of-sale elements is being used to inform and educate customers.

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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.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Scot Ian McLeod drove change at UK supermarket group Asda in the UK ahead of its sale to Walmart, was chief merchandise officer and board member of Walmart Germany from 2000-01, led the turnaround of Halfords, the UK auto parts chain, prior to its float, and then took the helm of Coles in Australia for five years from 2008.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2023

The message is running from a browsing environment right on to the display cabinet in the store where the point of decision occurs. “If If you’re talking to someone at the point of sale, they’ve already made their mind up.

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