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“Frictionless Checkout” Gains Traction

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Systems to erase checkout lines are on the grow, as exemplified by these three new installations: • A Pick & Go store in Munich is Germany’s first fully autonomous, cashier-less supermarket. The new supermarket allows customers to walk in, select their items off the shelves and leave without having to pay at checkout.

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How Security Cameras Can Be Adapted to Create Checkout-Free Store Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

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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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

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Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout. It is similar to upgrading your smartphone. Expect it to be a learning curve.

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Kroger, Hy-Vee and Publix are Latest to Lift Mask Mandates for Vaccinated Shoppers

Retail TouchPoints

Three of the country’s largest grocers, Kroger , Hy-Vee and Publix , have become the latest retailers to relax mask requirements. All of the retailers are continuing to comply with state and local mask mandates on a store-by-store basis.

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How the Store of the Future will Track Shopper Behavior Ecommerce-Style

Retail TouchPoints

However, that looks set to rapidly change as technologies that turn every part of the store into a digital surface, one that can be quantified, analyzed and acted upon , move into the mainstream. Rema 1000 x Revionics Photo courtesy Rema 1000 Norwegian discount grocer Rema 1000 faces intense competition to keep its prices low.

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Three Lessons Grocers can Learn from Specialty Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

While most supermarkets prioritized developments that facilitated COVID-era shopping behaviors like grocery delivery, curbside pickup or self-checkout, grocery shoppers are now looking for improved in-store experiences. Local grocers also have invested heavily in regional product arrays to differentiate their shopping experience.

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Good. Different? Aldi follows rivals on self-service and e-commerce

Inside Retail

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.