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“Frictionless Checkout” Gains Traction

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Systems to erase checkout lines are on the grow, as exemplified by these three new installations: • A Pick & Go store in Munich is Germany’s first fully autonomous, cashier-less supermarket. The new supermarket allows customers to walk in, select their items off the shelves and leave without having to pay at checkout.

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Why Retailers’ Obsession with Conversion is Keeping Them from…Converting

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It’s no secret that retailers and brands have become obsessed with driving conversion in their quest to recover the more than half of shoppers who abandon checkout before completing their purchase. Maximizing that combination of factors can be accomplished at checkout, as long as it’s not stripped of all its goodness.

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Beyond Shopping: How Retailers can Turn Stores into Experiential Hubs

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Technology also is significantly enhancing the checkout process, with more retailers adopting self-service kiosks, integrated RFID, mobile POS systems, scan-and-go integrations and frictionless checkout options.

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Retail, but not as you know it: A look at the “remote store of the future”

Inside Retail

Not-for-profit store operator Community Enterprise Queensland (CEQ) is the sole grocery and retail provider for many remote communities located across northern Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands. It has also removed confectionary chocolate from its checkout, to further encourage healthier options.

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How Uniqlo Plans to More than Triple its North American Store Count by 2027

Retail TouchPoints

The Japanese retailer currently has 47 stores in the U.S. and 16 locations in Canada, and Tsukagoshi noted that it is looking to open more “where we have already seen high customer demand, as well as new markets that we see opportunity in.” Each new store will feature self-checkout kiosks, in-store pickup and free clothing alterations.

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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

The survey also found that less than 13% of retail organizations are investing in technology to tackle these challenges, instead remaining focused on short-term fixes like increasing prices and running marketing campaigns. 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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How Data Will Power Convenience at 10,000+ Wundermart Autonomous Stores

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Autonomous convenience store retailer Wundermart is expanding its operations, with plans to open more than 10,000 checkout-free stores in a partnership with contactless checkout company AiFi. “The shops will come to the consumers,” said de Kleine. “Of