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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

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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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

That’s why it’s important to understand the most common forms of theft and the measures you can take to prevent loss without deterring valued customers. External Theft According to the NRF, shoplifting and other forms of external theft, including burglary, accounted for 37% of reported shrink in 2022.

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5 Major Retail Digital Transformations to Watch For in 2021

Retalon

However, traditional spreadsheet analytics cannot account for store-by-store variations in the promotion’s effectiveness or secondary effects such as demand cannibalization. Online sales now account for more than 20% of total retail sales. Online sales are as mission-critical as in-store sales to today’s retail business.

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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

At checkout, the shopper would have multiple fulfillment options to select from – including BOPIS. Better inventory management and visibility. Retailers need better inventory management practices to conduct BOPIS operations but at the same time, BOPIS makes your inventory management better.

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The Rise of AI in Retail: Transforming the Industry Online, In-Store, and Socially

365 Retail

Predictive analytics, another AI-driven tool, has been instrumental in helping retailers optimize their inventory management and pricing strategies. Additionally, it can help monitor employee behaviour and prevent internal theft. Retailers are also using facial recognition for queue management.