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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers cited rising costs, declining consumer spending and supply chain volatility as their top concerns. Technology — specifically edge computing — provides the foundation for a better customer experience, real-time inventory management, enhanced security and loss prevention and in-store analytics.

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Facial Recognition: Will Consumers Welcome the Technology?

Wiser

Perhaps more importantly, will consumers welcome the technology? Security and Loss Prevention. In retail, facial recognition can be leveraged by loss prevention teams to monitor shoppers for possible criminal behavior. Better Consumer Data. Consumer Sentiment on Facial Recognition.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

VMS

But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. And how can that not have an effect on consumers’ minds? In California, Amazon-owned Whole Foods stores launched palm-scanning technology at checkout.

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Retail x Fintech: The Importance of Security in Retail’s Adoption of BOPIS and Payment Installment Plans

Retail TouchPoints

Even before the pandemic completely upended the world economy, how consumers shopped had been changing — and mobile devices were at the forefront of that change. Prior to the pandemic, retailers and financial institutions had been reimagining experiences for consumers to enable quick, seamless transactions.