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Circle K Owner Launches Summer Hiring Spree to find 25,000 New Workers

Retail TouchPoints

Cashiers likely won’t top the list of job openings though, at least in the long term — Alimentation Couche-Tard also recently announced plans to roll out self-checkout systems at 7,000 of its locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe over the next three years.

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Wireless 5G Revolutionizing Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Our Verizon Look Forward study shows that more than one in five adults anticipate that they will be using self-checkout (23%), contactless credit cards (24%) and contactless mobile payments (22%) more a year from now than they are today.

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Self-service micro market chain Morsl raises $5 million for expansion

Inside Retail

Established in 2018, Morsl curates some 1000 fresh food, snacks, and drinks – including ready-to-eat meals, salads, and sandwiches – offered via a fully automated, self-checkout vending machine designed to look like a cafe. The company now offer coffee, hot beverages, pantry services, vending, catering, and employee engagement events.

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An ‘Old’ Technology Just Might Help Retailers Battle the Labor Shortage

Theatro

Frontline employees are vital to a retailer’s operation. The quality of a customer’s experience is directly related to the level of employee engagement. This is clearly a perfect storm directly impacting employee engagement and customer experience across all retailers.

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Promotions – a holiday gift for shopper and retailer

I Vend

Increase employee engagement by 20-30%. Step 4 – Application In a retail technology platform, the promotions engine is a part of the retail pos system, so retailers can be sure that promotions are applied automatically and consistently at the online or brick and mortar checkout. Increase customer satisfaction by up to 20%.

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From the source: Blaine Callard, Freedom

Inside Retail

We’ve been working hard on transparency and trust, our employee engagement scores and buy-in is up and up and all that is important to driving change. You can’t drive change in an organisation where people aren’t engaged and aren’t buying into that. We’ve changed a lot about what we value, what we talk about.

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How Retailers Can Improve Their Front-Line Teams’ Satisfaction

Theatro

She’d kept a smile on her face even when customers vented about stockouts or long checkout lines. Jen dealt with staff shortages, long hours, extra workdays and added job responsibilities. But when she needed to answer a customer’s question and wasn’t able to reach anyone on her walkie-talkie, her frustration boiled over.