Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Last month Booths axed its self-service checkouts in all but two of its 28 stores, claiming the move was in response to customer demand. The supermarket insisted the change helped it keep its “warm northern welcome” and that having manned tills was better for shoppers. Why did Booths remove its self-service checkouts?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

Albertsons Companies will launch cart-based smart checkout technology later this year at select supermarkets throughout the country, in partnership with Veeve Smart Carts. In October 2021, online grocery platform Instacart moved deeper into supermarket technology with the acquisition of Caper. in a statement.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Discount retailer Aldi may be a novice when it comes to in-store technology in Australia, but it has plans afoot in the UK to launch an advanced system that will replace checkout entirely. They can then proceed through the store to pick up their items and walk out when they are finished, without making a payment at a till.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Coles saw higher sales in the first quarter of FY24, attributed to more customers preferring to eat and have entertainment at home to cut back on discretionary spending. billion, attributed to growth in both the supermarket and liquor segments. ” Supermarket sales jumped 4.7 ” Supermarket sales jumped 4.7

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Retail Focus

JULY 28, 2021

The idea eliminates checkout lines. Their apps open, supermarket executives also enquire: “But who’ll own the data …?”. Let’s consider first the effects of Just Walk Out on retail environments: No checkouts equals 8-12% floor space saved. No checkouts affords a more motivated customer-facing team.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2021

German grocery chain tegut… has piloted a fully automated mini-supermarket concept in Fulda, Germany, with plans to open another three locations in 2021 and, eventually, hundreds of the digital self-service stores across the country. The ground at the location does not have to be sealed for the wooden structure.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Aldi is trialling its first checkout-free store to allow customers to shop at the supermarket and exit without the need to pay at a till. The discount supermarket chain said the store is in London but declined to give further details of the location of the trial site.

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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. Additionally, the tool uses data generated at the store level, with no data collection performed through Fast Track itself.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2022

Last month, global supermarket brand Aldi opened its first checkout-free supermarket to the public, following an in-house trial, allowing customers in Greenwich, London, to walk in, pick up their groceries, and walk out without going to a till. Aldi also has staff on hand to verify a customer’s age physically if need be.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tesco is trialing scan-free self-checkouts at one of its west London stores in a bid to provide a more “seamless and convenient” shopping experience. Shoppers at the supermarket’s Fulham Reach Express GetGo store can now proceed to the checkout where it will “magically present them with a list of products they have picked up”.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Some UK supermarkets are “blatantly disregarding” rules aimed at tackling childhood obesity by placing restrictions on where products high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) can be placed. This shows that regulation can help make the healthy choice the easy choice for everyone,” she said. “It

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Retail Times

JANUARY 15, 2024

Aldi, the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket, has introduced contactless payment at its checkout-free store in London to make it even quicker and easier for customers. Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides!

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Just five years ago, some of the biggest brands in the Australian retail landscape were effectively e-com deniers – or at least digital laggards. Both programs put customer data firmly at the centre of the entire retail operation. Plus, it seems everyone has an app. And there’s more to come. Again, social media drives this scrutiny.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

Mastercard has launched a new Biometric Checkout Program globally that will enable merchants of all sizes to offer contactless biometric checkout experiences based on facial- or palm-based recognition technology. Once registered they will be able to pay via facial recognition at checkout without the need for a card or mobile device.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Accenture thinks so. Image: Supplied.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

Videos and images of bare toilet paper shelves have once again surfaced online as consumers fall into old habits, forcing supermarkets to bring back purchase limits on high demand items. Varying approach from supermarkets . Aldi Australia does not have any product restrictions in place at this time.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Essentially, shoppers could walk in, scan a QR code from their Amazon mobile app at a turnstile, add their items to their baskets within the store, and just walk out when they were finished. If they opt for the autonomous checkout, customers need to use the Rewe app to register at the entrance to the store.

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VMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Tesco is launching its first checkout-free high street store where shoppers can pick up their groceries and leave without the need for a till. It is the latest retail giant to open a store where checkouts are replaced by high-tech cameras designed to track the items shoppers place in their baskets.

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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. The company already had moved the JWO unit out of its retail group and into its AWS cloud computing division.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

Who could forget the long queues outside of Kmart at midnight on the eve of restrictions lifting last year?” observes Teaj Sian, Managing Director at Glory Global Solutions (Australia). Of course, physical retail has had to undergo a few changes since the first wave of Covid, particularly at entry, payment and checkout.

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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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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Asda has announced it will be the first supermarket to trial an automated age verification solution at self-checkouts which aims to make it easier and quicker for customers using this facility. Shoppers purchasing alcohol can simply look at a camera to verify their age before completing their purchase.

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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. This revolutionised the retail sector by streamlining checkout processes and reducing errors. Now the ‘beep’ at the checkout is part of everyday life. The momentum behind this transformative technology is undeniable.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For the first episode, we spoke to industry expert and Swinburne University professor Jason Pallant about the rise of checkout-free stores, what they can offer the sector, and the barriers they need to overcome to succeed. Checkout-free stores also open up the potential for new and innovative ways of designing stores.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The winter World Cup has added a new level of uncertainty to the Christmas trading outlook of Britain’s supermarkets: How do you persuade cash-strapped shoppers to buy yule logs and luxury biscuits at the same time as beer and pizza? But with household budgets squeezed, supermarket chains are bracing for less of a sales bonanza.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

CEQ’s network of 29 stores offers many of the core grocery items found in a traditional supermarket – ranging from fresh produce to non-disposable items – to large items such as washing machines, but presented in smaller store formats. It has also removed confectionary chocolate from its checkout, to further encourage healthier options.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2024

When I was a kid, the term ‘kiosk’ meant a building at the beach where we would go and buy ice creams and bags of candy with our loose change. The drive-through at McDonald’s was a novelty and the quickest way to get fast food. The closest we got to self-service was the salad and dessert bar at Pizza Hut – an absolute novelty.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2021

Consumers are increasingly drawn to convent checkout experiences, from mobile POS and self-checkout to grab-and-go tech, and now even autonomous stores. As autonomous checkout continues to pick up speed, retailers and tech-providers are teaming up to deploy the offering across the globe. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Retail Gazette

JULY 3, 2023

Shoppers who prefer to use self-service checkouts may have noticed some changes of late. One Twitter user exclaimed at the time: “ Some Sainsbury’s have adopted a system where you must scan a receipt to be allowed out of self scanning areas. They’ve doing this at IKEA for ages. It’s a prison camp!

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Australian retail giant Woolworths Group reported solid FY23 results on Wednesday , showcasing the supermarket sector’s resilience in the face of dropping consumer spend. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) from the company’s Australian supermarkets rose 19.1 per cent over the financial year to $2.8 per cent to $249 million.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Accenture thinks so. Image: Supplied.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Australian Consumer and Retail Studies (ACRS) unit at Monash University surveyed 1001 shoppers across Australia last June, asking them questions about the cost of living and consumer deviance. The majority believe that shoplifting is not justifiable at all.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

according to reporting in Supermarket News and other outlets. The 3,800-square-foot Puyallup store is equipped with the Amazon Just Walk Out cashierless checkout technology and offers grab-and-go food as well as a made-to-order kitchen serving breakfast, sandwiches and wraps. The opening, which took place Sept.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As consumers are feeling price-stressed and inflation hits our pockets, there are increasing questions as to whether they really have our best interests at heart. Record profits at our expense? Consumers are taking matters into their own hands with a huge jump in theft both from in-store and through automated checkouts.

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Retail Minded

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Although self-service checkouts were first introduced in 1986 , they are still far from perfect. on the App Store, which says a lot about how people’s sentiment towards self-service checkouts. . Frictionless checkout makes shopping seamless for everyone.”. Many of today’s versions result in high losses.

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

The COVID surge for supermarkets The pandemic hit many retailers hard, with stores shut and high streets deserted. According to industry experts The Grocer magazine, UK supermarkets continue to see high levels of growth. iVend Supermarket iVend helps supermarkets offer uninterrupted service to their customers.

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