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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

Retail TouchPoints

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. Grocery retail is rooted in a traditional brick-and-mortar business model, with many longstanding and comprehensive internal processes.

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Smart shopping carts, low-code and robots: Welcome to retail tech in 2023

Inside Retail

With new applications on the horizon, AI is set to play an ever growing role in improving not only customer experience, but also store efficiency and operations. Meanwhile, other companies are using AI to provide a more personalised shopping experience for customers by analysing their browsing and checkout history.

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Mercatus Adds EBT Payments to its Integrated Commerce Platform

Retail TouchPoints

Mercatus has launched SNAP EBT Online, an integration-ready ordering and checkout capability that allows U.S. grocers in eligible states to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) and EBT Cash payments as part of the Mercatus Integrated Commerce Platform.

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Which Approach To Self-Service Grocery Checkout Will Emerge As The Standard In 2023?

Retail Minded

Although self-service checkouts were first introduced in 1986 , they are still far from perfect. University of Leicester’s Adrian Beck, a retail finance expert, estimates that moving half or more of transactions to self-service pushes losses 77% higher. It makes sense that grocers might not be sure which way to jump.

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Beyond the Transaction: How PayPal is Helping Remove Friction Across the Commerce Experience

Retail TouchPoints

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. For example, what you generally find in most checkouts [in a sector like grocery] are your standard Visa and Mastercard.

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What’s in Store for Grocery in 2022?

Retail TouchPoints

Outfits like GoPuff, Gorillas and 1520 took the grocery market by storm in 2021, offering a limited menu of consumables, delivered to your door in an incredible 30 minutes or less (and commanding multi-billion dollar valuations in the process.) In 2022, grocers will need to become digital-first.

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Asda to trial digital ID at self-checkouts

365 Retail

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.