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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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Benefits of People Counting and In-store Visitor Analytics for Supermarkets

V Count

Once you get a grasp of the customer journey, you can use the visitor data to optimize store layout, improve product placement, and make more informed decisions about inventory management. As a supermarket manager, you can ensure that there are always enough employees on hand to fill the checkouts and sections.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

Optimize inventory management: Like damaged products and shipping errors, theft can negatively impact retail inventory management. Address the self-checkout issue: Staffing constraints have made self-checkouts a popular fixture in stores of all sizes.

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Benefits of People Counting and In-store Visitor Analytics for Supermarkets

V Count

Once you get a grasp of the customer journey, you can use the visitor data to optimize store layout, improve product placement, and make more informed decisions about inventory management. As a supermarket manager, you can ensure that there are always enough employees on hand to fill the checkouts and sections.

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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

At checkout, the shopper would have multiple fulfillment options to select from – including BOPIS. Better inventory management and visibility. Retailers need better inventory management practices to conduct BOPIS operations but at the same time, BOPIS makes your inventory management better.

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5 Major Retail Digital Transformations to Watch For in 2021

Retalon

Retail AI identifies the fulfillment options that balance customer satisfaction with the cost of shipping and handling by accounting for inventory levels, transportation costs, and other factors, in real-time. These systems proactively forecasted fulfillment demand and brought the product to the right place. check out their story here).

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Stop out of stocks denting your profits this holiday season

I Vend

Inventory management – ‘the right goods, in the right place, at the right time’ sums up the core of retail. So inventory management is essential. Retail technology can streamline inventory management by enabling retailers to accurately track goods from delivery to sale through to returns.