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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

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Another key challenge for Hot Topic’s inventory management system is ensuring its BOPIS options run smoothly even as it fulfills orders across multiple channels. This includes the POS, which is powered by Manhattan’s order management system.

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Dollar General to Trial 100% Self-Checkout Stores at 200 Locations

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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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Trigo Raises $100 Million to Fuel Expansion of Cashier-Free Checkout Technology

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enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. The technology aims to enable frictionless checkout, real-time inventory tracking and other technologies.

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Circle K Will Retrofit Stores To Pilot Autonomous Checkout

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Circle K will pilot a touchless autonomous checkout solution in one of its Phoenix locations and plans to add the technology to other store locations. We will not have to relocate merchandise, replace shelves or build an entirely new store to implement autonomous checkout.”.

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Standard Cognition Raises $150 Million, Plans to Outfit 50,000 Checkout-Free Stores Over Five Years

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This brings the solution provider’s total funding above $1 billion , which will enable Standard to execute at scale its plans to outfit more than 50,000 checkout-free stores in the next five years. Compass Group worked with Standard to open its first public stores at the University of Houston and in office buildings in Charlotte, N.C.

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Canberra cafe deploys Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech in Southern Hemisphere first

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According to the producer, the technology will improve the purchasing experience and eliminate checkout friction, while also streamlining inventory management for the Student Association. The collaboration delivers technology that enables nearly 24/7 access for students to the Student Association store.

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IoT in Retail: Top 5 Use Cases and Real-Life Examples

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Inventory management. With innovative inventory tools, retailers can always be sure the necessary goods are in stock in a particular store. Self-checkout. Example: Mashgin A young startup, Mashgin, offers self-checkout systems that do not require barcodes or RFID tags to scan a product.