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Dollar General to Trial 100% Self-Checkout Stores at 200 Locations

Retail TouchPoints

Discount variety chain Dollar General is looking to self-checkout as a way to “leverage and reinforce our position as a low-cost operator,” COO Jeff Owen told analysts on the company’s Q1 earnings call on May 26, 2022. Now, Owens said the company also plans to begin testing a 100% self-checkout store format across 200 locations this year.

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Holiday Oil Company Introduces Cashierless Checkout Lanes

Retail TouchPoints

Holiday Oil Company , a convenience store retailer with 67 locations in Utah, has selected the Gilbarco Veeder-Root Passport Express Lane self-checkout system, to help ease its labor challenges and create a frictionless shopping experience. For employees, it helps balance out staffing shortages and maintain store standards.

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Despite Recent Bad Press, Self-Checkout is Here to Stay. Here’s Why.

Retail TouchPoints

This is the first part of our two-part series, “ From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” In part one we go beyond the headlines to uncover the reality of the self-checkout situation. Plus, despite all the vocal naysayers, many consumers actually like the technology.

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Delek Implements Contactless Self-Checkout at 70 Convenience Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Delek US Holdings will implement AI-powered self-checkout at more than 70 Delek DK convenience stores in Texas by late summer 2021, through a partnership with Mashgin. Delek is adopting the technology to speed up the in-store shopping experience and improve safety, which remains a concern even at the tail end of the pandemic.

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Opinion: An Unvarnished Review of the Smart Cart Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

This month Retail TouchPoints has been exploring the state of autonomous checkout experiences in our series From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out. But there is a more middle-of-the-road area of self-checkout that is currently growing by leaps and bounds — smart carts.

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Circle K Will Retrofit Stores To Pilot Autonomous Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

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. In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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The customer is in control: Here’s the new payment and checkout experience

Inside Retail

Whilst we love the convenience and real-time availability of the online experience, whenever there has been an easing of lockdowns, people have flooded back to the physical retail environment. Who could forget the long queues outside of Kmart at midnight on the eve of restrictions lifting last year?”