Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2023

Using the Amazon “Just Walk Out” technology, Grubhub Campus has introduced cashierless checkout at convenience stores at Loyola University Maryland. Students, faculty and staff scan a QR code to enter the store, pick their items and leave, with the payment deducted from their student meal plan or other stored payment methods.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2022

H&M Group is rolling out a pilot of several new tech-enabled in-store shopping solutions at COS stores in the U.S., including new payment and checkout options, personalized styling facilitated by smart mirrors and upgraded delivery and return options.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

retailers will be able to accept contactless customer payments on their Apple iPhones via its new Tap to Pay functionality. Consumers will be able to use their credit and debit cards, Apple Pay or other digital wallets to purchase items, with no additional POS hardware or payment terminal required to complete transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. Grocery retail is rooted in a traditional brick-and-mortar business model, with many longstanding and comprehensive internal processes.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores). It was an involved, intense process.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. ALDIgo, using technology from Grabango , tracks which items shoppers put in their carts; customers can then pay with a credit or debit card or the Grabango app at cashierless pay stations or they can use traditional manned lanes.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Walmart will offer buy now, pay later (BNPL) options at self-checkout kiosks in more than 4,500 U.S. Walmart is making a big move in that direction with the integration of BNPL financing at its self-checkout kiosks, allowing customers to pay over time for everything from electronics and apparel to toys and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Omnichannel retailer solution provider GK has launched scanless checkout through GK Go , part of its CLOUD4RETAIL service suite. The just walk out technology has the capability to accept card or cash payments at a payment tower, on a consumer’s mobile phone and at a staffed checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2023

For retailers, self-checkout is something of a double-edged sword. There’s no doubt the technology can bring tremendous benefits, such as allowing more customers to pay at the same time, thus reducing wait times without having to staff additional cashier stations. It’s a rigorous, complicated and lengthy process.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The convenience store experience just got more convenient at Chartw ells , a division of Compass Group that operates thousands of stores on college and corporate campuses. The retailer recently debuted its first store to be retrofitted with checkout-free technology at the University of Houston campus.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2022

parent company of the Circle K convenience store chain, will purchase more than 10,000 touchless self-checkout systems, with plans to deploy them in more than 7,000 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores in the U.S., The Mashgin system, branded as “Smart Checkout,” relies on AI-powered technology that can improve customer checkout time up to 400%.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This latest addition to Shopify’s offerings relies on the company’s point-of-sale software, which is designed to allow retailers to sell online and offline. Merchants can gain a complete understanding of the customer journey to support on-the-spot personalized experiences.

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365 Retail

JUNE 5, 2024

Luckily, new technology offers solutions to streamline retail store operations, boost operational efficiency, and provide top-notch service. Advanced inventory management software integrates with point-of-sale systems, monitoring every sale and tracking stock levels. Read on for more insight!

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

million debt service payment on municipal bonds sold to help finance the venture, due to insufficient funds. The mall also had missed the previous payment deadline for the same reason in August 2022. Requests for comment from American Dream and its owner, Triple Five Worldwide , had not been received at press time.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement. Digital Service (USDS).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

So-called “negative option” services are a controversial yet time-tested method of doing business. Under this model, a customer signs up for a subscription service, typically as part of a free trial offer. The customer is then charged on an ongoing basis unless they explicitly cancel the service in question.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

For shoppers, BNPL is a seamless payment method that helps break up their purchases into several installments, bringing more cash flow and budgeting flexibility. Customers that have a positive point-of-sale financing experience are more likely to repeat purchases from that retail brand if the BNPL option is white-labeled for the retailer.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 12, 2024

Be it shoppers paying by Scan & Go, self-checkout, in checkout-free stores or via Click & Collect: offline retail is becoming increasingly digital. This requires suitable payment solutions – turning payment into a strategic success factor. Credit card payments were done via Imprinter and a paper receipt.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2022

Mashgin , a self-checkout solution powered by AI and computer vision, has raised $62.5 million in Series B funding at a $1.5 The Mashgin solution speeds checkout by reading multiple items simultaneously, although it requires shoppers to set their purchases down on the countertop devices’ base to operate.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The desire is still there to do touchless, but for different reasons than COVID safety,” he said during a presentation at the 2021 retailX conference in Chicago. margin points when their customers’ journeys are not optimized, but when they are optimized, they can recover about 70% of that margin loss,” explained Buzek.

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I Vend

APRIL 20, 2023

The point of sale is the engine room of every store, where the transactional business of retail takes place. It’s also often the only point at which there is any direct engagement with the shopper. Learn how our mobile POS transforms the checkout process. trillion in 2023 + , and to grow at 14% to $5.58

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience? Is it Great Service or Great Financing Options? It goes without saying that great service is important.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

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. The parent company operates nearly 14,500 convenience stores worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Surges in online shopping during the pandemic helped fuel the growth of point-of-sale loans — a market that is forecast to grow at an annualized 9.8% over the five years through 2024-25, to $1.1

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s no secret that retailers and brands have become obsessed with driving conversion in their quest to recover the more than half of shoppers who abandon checkout before completing their purchase. Maximizing that combination of factors can be accomplished at checkout, as long as it’s not stripped of all its goodness.

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Star Miconics

OCTOBER 6, 2023

But what does it mean for your cannabis business regarding the necessary point-of-sale (POS) hardware for selling at farmers markets? Not only does it streamline business operations, making sales swifter and more efficient, but it can also enhance the overall customer experience. It’s a win-win.

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Retail Minded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Did you know that point of sale systems date back to 1879 when the first one was invented by American shopkeeper James Ritty. This resilience was challenged firsthand by retailer Kendra Scott when its distribution center was forced to close at the beginning of the pandemic. Using mobile, for example, became increasingly popular.

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Star Miconics

MARCH 11, 2022

Self-service, or “unattended” environments, are the new expectation, and 2022 will officially be the watershed moment for self-checkout technology, adoption, and innovation. Consumers now expect payment solutions that both anticipate and address their needs no matter where, when, or how they choose to shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2021

The pandemic accelerated not just ecommerce but also digital payment methods: digital wallets reached 29.3% The wallets are expected to unseat credit cards as the preferred online payment method in the coming years, according to the FIS Global Payments Report 2021. share of ecommerce payments. of ecommerce spend.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2021

consumers have now used a buy now pay later (BNPL) service. . Businesses looking for ways to gain a competitive edge over their competitors have been pushing service advantages into new areas, including alternative payment models. Here’s an in-depth look at BNPL and the potential benefits to your online and in-store business.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

Customer Experience It’s been five years since Amazon Go opened to the public, creating the template for the retail store of the future by allowing shoppers to skip the checkout line entirely. Innovations have slowed since then, but edge computing will usher in a new wave of personalization and self-service for modern shoppers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

From contactless payment to fully automated checkout, innovations showed promise for streamlining and improving the customer experience. The “frictionless” label applies to a number of different technologies; many of them associated with the checkout process. A recent Mastercard survey suggested that 51% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Touch-free “contactless” payments in stores and at vending machines are gaining popularity with U.S. Although contactless payments are already popular in much of the world, they hadn’t seen much interest in the U.S. And NFC payments offer the same level of security as EMV-chip enabled cards. Here’s what U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

New research from Capterra finds that tip fatigue — exhaustion caused by the pressure to tip more money to a widening array of workers — is a serious problem affecting most consumers who use checkout tablets at restaurants and other businesses. This should give pause to any business that uses checkout tablets.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

According to Grand View Research , the global IoT retail market was valued at $42.38 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.4% The statistics show that more and more retail businesses are implementing IoT solutions to explore new ways of connecting with customers, boost sales and streamline business operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Smooth Operators Appeal Online And Off. Whether click-to-pay for e-Commerce or contactless payments for traditional commerce, efforts to improve online and offline checkout experiences did not originate with COVID-19. Offline, contactless payments also provide two critical functions to physical stores that have remained open.

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Frank Mayer

APRIL 21, 2022

Self-service kiosks continue to rise in popularity as a powerful tool benefitting businesses and their customer experience strategies. With this rise in interest comes more inquiries about everything from payment options and ADA compliance to software integration. Should I consider self-service for my business?

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