Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Thirteen years after Woolworths introduced self-service checkouts to Australian supermarket shoppers, discount grocer Aldi has bowed to the demand for quick and convenient self-serve transactions at its stores. Aldi’s move into self-service checkouts isn’t the only sign that the retailer is embracing digital transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID tags and even fully automated storefronts, retail leaders have slowly but surely embraced digital in-store enhancements. Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2024

The Changing Landscape of Retail Crime With this shift in crime, store owners and managers are facing new challenges. Implement Anti-Theft Devices : Modern tools like radio-frequency identification (RFID) and electronic article surveillance (EAS) systems can detect theft at exits and improve deactivation at checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2022

Mobile technology is transforming payments, making it easier, safer and more affordable for people to move and manage their money than ever before,” said Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal at the time of the spinoff. “As Consumers are now more digital, and they’ve gotten into these habits. Those businesses will win over time.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 9, 2025

Sainsburys has launched a trial allowing customers to pay directly on its handheld SmartShop devices, removing the need to visit a traditional checkout as part of wider efforts to streamline the shopping experience. As with existing SmartShop use, staff will continue to carry out random basket checks to manage shrinkage.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

Though many can’t afford to develop a completely autonomous shopping experience, cashless checkouts have made it easier and more convenient for those one-item shoppers to run in and out. Grocers that convince customers to become loyalty card holders, for example, will achieve levels of customer retention that restaurants don’t often see.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Amazon] did what Walmart did in the 1990s,” said Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner at RSR Research in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. said Brian McGlynn, General Manager of Ecommerce at Coveo in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Nobody knows us better than a grocer. We do the same things over and over and over again.

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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. The post Asda to trial digital ID at self-checkouts appeared first on 365 RETAIL | Retail Technology News. View this post on Instagram.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2023

Meanwhile, other companies are using AI to provide a more personalised shopping experience for customers by analysing their browsing and checkout history. In warehouses at retail businesses including Amazon and UK online grocer Ocado, RPA robots are being used to handle tasks such as picking and packing orders.

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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. . It makes sense that grocers might not be sure which way to jump. Frictionless checkout makes shopping seamless for everyone.”.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 10, 2025

The grocery chain, which reported record sales over Christmas, is launching discounted prices on roughly 300 of its own-label lines in stores, The Grocer reported. Despite modernising its loyalty scheme, Booths axed its self service checkouts in 2023 in all but two of its 28 stores, to cater to customer demand.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 5, 2024

The grocer said it “will be able to help speed up the customer journey” by receiving real-time data and analytics while harnessing the power of AI for sales analysis, estimating future store performance, colleague productivity and cash management. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2024

Independent Queensland grocer Skippys Fresh Frootz has garnered attention on social media for its videos highlighting its low prices at a time when Australia’s major supermarkets are facing scrutiny for their lack of transparency in their price-setting practices. Bunnings is now back in first place.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Retail Gazette examines how likely this is to happen by comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the rival grocers. That said, sales for the UK’s third largest grocer were still £4bn higher than Aldi’s at £21.9bn for the year, rising 7.1% Which grocer offers better value? Where do Asda and Aldi currently stand?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on surfaces in the store that are already digital: point-of-sale systems or back-of-house tasks like inventory management. If the NRF show is any indicator, then that is exactly things are headed in the coming years.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

For example, Erewhon is a Los Angeles-based organic grocer and café that features a “show kitchen.” Interstore | Schweitzer also found that digital was used in two primary ways: to tackle checkout challenges and to deliver dynamic content that drives consumer engagement and empowerment. All the others are really playing catch-up.”

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Wiser

MARCH 11, 2025

Grocery Retailers Common Challenges Grocery retailers can be national chains or smaller, region-specific grocers. By deploying a discreet audit program, they collected real-time photos of checkout counters and impulse sections, revealing that products were often hidden or placed behind competing SKUs.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Despite this, recent Kantar data shows the grocer’s market share slipped to 8.6% It was revealed in March that the grocery chain was looking to cut almost 300 jobs as it sought to consolidate the number of warehouse manager roles at each of its seven distribution centres under a single operations manager role.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning Hurley said the cameras were among “a range of security measures in place”, which also include checking customers’ shopping bags at the checkouts, to respond to the rise in crime.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 22, 2024

Some avid shoppers even started queueing as early as 3:15am on Wednesday morning to catch a first glimpse of the upmarket grocer’s new look John Barnes store on Finchley Road. The grocer returned to market share growth for the first time in two years last month, according to the latest Kantar figures, and wants to build on this.

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

According to industry experts The Grocer magazine, UK supermarkets continue to see high levels of growth. It’s essential that online shopping is user-friendly, with a frictionless checkout process that avoids abandoned carts and lost opportunity. They quote research from NielsenIQ , that shows that sales for February 2021 grew by 10.6%

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 10, 2024

This will likely see more value messaging put forward by the big grocers in a bid to win over customers. According to Very retail managing director Robbie Feather, consumers will favour more seasonless fashion this year to navigate another year of unpredictable weather and tightened budgets.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 16, 2024

The grocer says it is planning to build “world-class systems in a once-in-a-generation IT transformation” to separate itself from its previous Walmart systems. Meanwhile, in Asda’s annual employee survey, only 48% of the 75,591 employees who participated felt they could articulate the benefits of ‘Project Future’.

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Star Miconics

JANUARY 17, 2025

Self-checkout. Self-service kiosks and checkout stations were front and center, and not just for the sake of automation. Picture this: AI-driven self-checkout systems that dont just weigh produce but predict trends, analyze purchasing patterns, and suggest product placements. POS scales. They just care about the ROI.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Retail Gazette examines how likely this is to happen by comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the rival grocers. That said, sales for the UK’s third largest grocer were still 4bn higher than Aldi’s at 21.9bn for the year, rising 7.1% Which grocer offers better value? Where do Asda and Aldi currently stand?

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I Vend

AUGUST 17, 2022

From frictionless checkout to seamless ERP integrations, to built-in promotions, loyalty, and inventory management – a sophisticated Grocery POS offers everything a modern-day retailer needs to deliver convenience to their customers. Shoppers are ‘ prioritising convenience and safety above all else’ reports The Grocer.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Soaring food prices put the grocers under the spotlight and, despite the wafer-thin margins they operate on, execs from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons were hauled in front of MPs to investigate whether the sector was profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis. Food and drink inflation rose to 19.1%

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Star Miconics

APRIL 1, 2022

About Star Micronics Star Micronics, a world’s leader in point of sale, has designated a portfolio of printing, secure cash management, scanners, scales, stands and customer engagement solutions for any retail or hospitality establishment in POS and mPOS environments. Media Contact: Christin Dorner Star Micronics America, Inc.

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 11, 2022

Most grocers charge their suppliers fees for putting an item on the shelf. All of these “details” provide one more reason for shopping at Trader Joe’s versus another grocer. Managed growth. Captains (store managers) make around $100,000 per year. We buy in volume and contract early to get the best prices.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 21, 2022

“We are excited to work with Local Express to bring low-cost, customizable delivery capabilities to their independent food and beverage providers,” says Harsit Patel, general manager and vice president of Walmart GoLocal. Local Express is focused on modernizing the e-commerce experience for food and beverage retailers everywhere.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 3, 2021

Progressive Grocer. Progressive Grocer. Instacart launches 30-minute delivery service for grocers. A Manna operator can manage multiple drones at once and complete 20 deliveries an hour. Walmart will add micro-fulfillment centers to more of its stores to manage growing e-commerce order volume using robotics and AI.

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365 Retail

MAY 24, 2023

But it was decades in the making, born by the grocery sector’s need to bust long checkout queues. Retailers and brands needed a solution to automatically capture product information, reduce human error and manage the explosive growth of post WWII baby boomer shoppers.

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

iVend’s Retail Management Solution iVend helps supermarkets run efficiently at any time of year. Here’s our take on what makes it onto the ‘nice’ (not the ‘naughty’) list: Frictionless checkout and customer experience: holiday season is a joyful, but very busy, time of year for shoppers.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 7, 2022

If you are curious about how Tesco is managing to stay on top then consider these five elements of its strategy. That’s one of the reasons why discount grocers like Aldi and Lidl were able to gain share in the United Kingdom over a decade ago after the last recession. That reduces the need to shop at discount grocers.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We believe that brick-and-mortar retailers are the backbone of the future of grocery, as people want to shop from the grocers they know, love and trust.”. We’ll continue to deepen our investment in our suite of enterprise technology services, unlocking new solutions that help power the comprehensive e-commerce platforms for grocers.”.

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Mass Relators

MARCH 27, 2023

With the launch of Instacart Marketing Solutions and our expanded loyalty programs, we’re developing new technology tools that empower retailers of all sizes to create strategic digital campaigns and unique loyalty programs that engage their customers, grow their business and, ultimately, help customers find more savings at checkout.”

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