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Opinion: An Unvarnished Review of the Smart Cart Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

This month Retail TouchPoints has been exploring the state of autonomous checkout experiences in our series From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out. But there is a more middle-of-the-road area of self-checkout that is currently growing by leaps and bounds — smart carts. So, What’s it Like to Actually Shop with a Smart Cart?

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Beyond Shopping: How Retailers can Turn Stores into Experiential Hubs

Retail TouchPoints

Despite the surge in online shopping, physical stores remain essential for retailers, providing a space for customers to interact with products and build deeper brand connections. Retailers using cashier-based systems also are focusing on updating hardware and software to improve the checkout experience.

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

Inside Retail

From smart shopping carts and intelligent buying assistants, to dynamic pricing algorithms and inventory tracking systems, retailers will have access to a wealth of powerful tools that enhance their ability to meet customers’ needs and respond quickly to changes in the market. .

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

Inside Retail

Customers can’t go to the shop down the road. CEQ has also introduced an e-market online order system, which enables consumers to order items not available in store, as well as ‘HappyOrNot’ customer feedback kiosks to gauge success. It has also removed confectionary chocolate from its checkout, to further encourage healthier options.

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Why Amazon’s New “Just Walk Out” Supermarkets Will Change Everything. Forever

Retail Focus

The idea eliminates checkout lines. Let’s consider first the effects of Just Walk Out on retail environments: No checkouts equals 8-12% floor space saved. No checkouts affords a more motivated customer-facing team. Developers and shopping centers can completely rethink their footprints, optimizing cost and potential worth, too.

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Inside Aldi’s new Sydney Corner Store urban grocer concept

Inside Retail

Aldi says its new Corner Store concept just opened in North Sydney will make it faster and more convenient for city customers to shop for supplies. The Corner Store’s layout differs from other Aldi stores in Australia with simple navigation and self checkouts. Aldi Corner Store self checkouts.

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Can Self-Service Kiosks Offer Support In Today’s Retail Conditions?

Frank Mayer

While retail stores strategize short-term goals to meet health regulations, maintain stocked shelves, and keep doors open, many are also considering the impact a changed customer mindset will have on today’s brick-and-mortar shopping. More than half surveyed expected their shopping habits to return to normal by next summer.

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