Retail Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Challenges with Target's self-checkout lanes continue as the retailer is cutting down the hours of operation at some of its stores.

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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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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

The trend towards using self-service and self-checkout (SCO) options in both retail and hospitality was already strong, but the pandemic sent it soaring. The same research found that 47 per cent of consumers choose different checkout options each time. The rise of small, modular self-checkout devices is changing the game.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. It’s exciting to see a checkout-free capability live in one of our stores,” said Eric Traxler, VP of IT at Aldi in a statement. Aldi has retrofitted its Aurora, Ill.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Harris Poll’s recent survey identified the top priorities for today’s ecommerce shoppers, which include relevant deals, low prices and a personalized shopping experience, particularly at checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2023

For retailers, self-checkout is something of a double-edged sword. Moreover, customers seem very receptive to self-checkout, with 73% noting that it feels much faster than a traditional cashier. Additionally, 85% of Gen Z consumers use self-checkout when available, driven largely by the convenience factor.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Sensormatic Solutions and Zliide have entered a collaboration aimed at enabling self-checkout experiences that eliminate register queues and streamline the shopper experience. The combined solutions will work to reduce shrink while making self-checkout simpler for customers.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 18, 2022

Aldi has opened its first checkout-free store, where shoppers will be able to pick up products and leave without queuing to pay. Aldi has opened its first checkout-free store in Greenwich, south-east London (Aldi/PA). Aldi has opened its first checkout-free store in Greenwich, south-east London (Aldi/PA). Aldi / PA).

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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 Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

The rise of self-checkout technology in retail could be contributing to the increasing loneliness of Americans. While self-checkout is popular, it’s also leading to fewer “weak ties” – casual relationships between customers and cashiers – which social scientists say are important for social interactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2022

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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Retail Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Target has announced the launch of its new self-checkout policy, set to commence next week across all stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

What it didn’t have at that point was a streamlined, intuitive online checkout process — and that quickly became a major hindrance to the company’s DTC expansion plans. “We We were attracted because of their fraud offering and then we saw their checkout solution.” The Bolt solution also benefits from a network effect. “As said Narang.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Toshiba offers the existing Self Checkout System 7 , a solution designed to help retailers deliver fast, convenient and personalized checkout experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

Amazon is continuing to expand the reach of its Just Walk Out (JWO) cashierless checkout tech with a particular focus on events-based venues. Checkout-free stores powered by Just Walk Out technology provide fast, seamless and contactless transactions, which we think will resonate really well in this setting.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Convenience store retailer Royal Farms will implement NCR Corporation ’s self-checkout solutions in all of its more than 250 locations. Self-checkout has become an important option for today’s touch-conscious shoppers, and its adoption is only expected to increase. million units by 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

As ecommerce has become a part of everyday life, customers have felt empowered to take control of their checkout experiences both in-store and at home. A recent study found shoppers of all demographics are warming up to the idea of self-checkout, seeing it as a faster option that eliminates the need to wait in line.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2022

Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has settled and agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against checkout solution provider Bolt. Both companies agreed to continue their partnership, which currently powers one-click checkout for Forever 21 and Lucky Brand , with the possibility of expanding the technology to more ABG brands in the coming months.

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Amalie Arena have partnered with Fast to provide a streamlined “headless checkout” experience when fans purchase merchandise. The one-click checkout experience eliminates redirects to merchant sites that require logins and entering additional information.

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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

MAY 9, 2022

Mashgin , a self-checkout solution powered by AI and computer vision, has raised $62.5 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. million in Series B funding at a $1.5

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

Rokt Payments Marketplace is an extension of Rokt’s Ecommerce product, which creates opportunities for payment providers at a critical moment in the checkout process, when consumers are highly engaged and about to purchase.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2022

Cashierless checkout technologies, including these types of apps as well as those powered by computer vision that don’t require scanning barcodes, rose in popularity among consumers concerned about sanitary and health issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The news was first reported by Bloomberg Law.

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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. Checkout-free technology is still in its infancy in Australia. Other retailers have followed suit with checkout-free tech.

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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 high-end supermarket will only retain self-checkouts in its Windermere and Keswick stores in the Lake District as these stores can become very busy. Busby thinks it was a factor for the grocer. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

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. Checkout-Free Stores . Security Cameras Make it Happen .

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Self-checkout is already a big part of how customers shop — according to RBR’s report, “EPOS and Self Checkout in 2020” , shipments of self-checkout solutions increased by 52% in 2019 to a new record high. How can retailers learn how their shoppers and store associates are using self-checkout solutions?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

After a successful pilot of stationary self-checkout technology at its recently renovated NYC flagship store, Bed Bath & Beyond will deploy solutions from NCR at select locations nationwide. “As NCR has been an incredible partner along this journey and its self-checkout solution brings an important capability to our stores.

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Retail Wire

JULY 16, 2021

A Walmart Supercenter in Plano, TX, is the site of a pilot program with all the registers at the store being self-checkout. Store associates are positioned near the checkouts to help customers having any problems checking out their purchases. Kroger is also testing a self-checkout concept at one of its stores in Dallas.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

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. Mashgin’s autonomous self-checkout is 300% faster, frictionless, and social distance-friendly. Mobile wallet usage rose 60% to account for 9.6%

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Retail Wire

JULY 7, 2023

Self-checkout machines have become increasingly popular in recent years, as they offer a convenient and efficient way to pay for groceries and other items. However, some people have tried to take advantage of these machines by cheating, such as by scanning cheaper items instead of the more expensive ones they actually bought.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The retailer recently debuted its first store to be retrofitted with checkout-free technology at the University of Houston campus. Cashierless solution providers want to make it easier for retailers to embrace checkout-free stores by providing with the ability to retrofit existing locations versus building from scratch.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2022

Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has reportedly filed a lawsuit against one-click checkout service Bolt , claiming that the solution provider failed to deliver on promises in a contract related to the implementation of the technology, according to Bloomberg , The Business Journals and other media sources.

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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. Fast Track aims to eliminate the need for consumers to enter product codes via touchscreens by automatically recognizing produce, bakery and specialty items.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The grocery company also operates a 150 -square-foot checkout-free store outside the Albert Heijn convenience store’s support office in the Netherlands. Ahold Delhaize first piloted the lunchbox technology at its Quincy, Mass., office in 2019 for a cafeteria that serves 1,000 workers.

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