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

Retail TouchPoints

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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Circle K Will Retrofit Stores To Pilot Autonomous Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

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. In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

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. Those same cameras and sensors also are at the heart of the grab-and-go checkout system featured in Amazon Go stores.

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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

Retail TouchPoints

5G can also connect mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals , self-service kiosks, scan-and-go checkouts and other forms of frictionless shopping with ease. Better communication between in-store staff, store managers and supply chain personnel via 5G devices will allow for responding to customer queries.

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What is Barcode Technology, and How Does It Impact Retailers?

Star Miconics

Its simplicity and efficiency have made barcode technology a staple in inventory management across diverse sectors, including grocery, retail , and hospitality. Furthermore, they have become indispensable in inventory management, helping to identify sales trends and tracking items throughout the supply chain.

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Double bubble – the twin benefits of great retail technology

I Vend

Customer facing display – engaging customers at the point of sale , by presenting offers, information or a chance to interact with their loyalty program data. Customer self-service – self-checkout to reduce queues and make for smooth, easy payments. Offering the chance to self-serve if they want to.

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Robots, RFID tags and an incubator area: Inside Decathlon’s new Data Lab

Inside Retail

The automation of laborious and manual tasks such as inventory management through the development of new technologies in the Data Lab allows our Decathlon teammates to do what they find most meaningful – fostering relationships with customers. IR: Can you tell us what is involved in the partnership with Conexus Studio?