Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

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. by the end of 2024.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

Of course, physical retail has had to undergo a few changes since the first wave of Covid, particularly at entry, payment and checkout. The kiosks are often used by customers who would prefer to limit chances of Covid transmission or have weighed up whether they would be faster checking out themselves.

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VMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Amazon has paused expansion of its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and Amazon Go checkout-free convenience stores, CEO Andy Jassy told investors on an earnings call. The ecommerce giant is searching for a “format that we think resonates with customers,” with “differentiation and economic value that we like.”

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Co-op is installing more than 200 secure till kiosks, locked cabinets for spirits and AI technology to monitor self-checkouts in a bid to tackle a rise in retail crime. He explained that the particular stores were rendered unprofitable until new security measures including reinforced till kiosks with secure doors were introduced.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 22, 2023

Love them or leave them, self-serve checkouts are now part and parcel of the grocery shopping experience. Many in the industry view these kiosks as quick and convenient, but personally, I’m not so sure. Have you seen the conveyor belt self-checkouts that Coles has been rolling out over the last few years?

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Related Story Asda co-owner Issa backs Vinted rival through new start-up investment fund 03/11/2024 x 8:47 PM Additionally, the supermarket is trialling a service that could potentially allow shoppers to buy tobacco and vape products without having to queue at the traditional kiosk.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Sainsbury’s has removed Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ technology from its checkout-free Holborn Circus store, returning the location to a more traditional checkout setup. A Sainsburys spokesperson told GroceryGazette : SmartShop Pick & Go is no longer available in our Holborn Circus store.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The expansion will see the supermarket upgrade its IT systems from a traditional data centre model to a fully managed, scalable cloud environment, powered by the information technology company’s Enterprise Cloud. .

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2021

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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365 Retail

JULY 28, 2021

The idea eliminates checkout lines. Their apps open, supermarket executives also enquire: “But who’ll own the data …?”. 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.

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Indigo 9 Digital

AUGUST 2, 2022

A Hema supermarket in China. In the United States Amazon has made the most significant advances in creating tech enabled retail stores with its Just Walk Out technology that allows customers to skip the checkout. Three years earlier in 2015, eCommerce giant Alibaba opened its first Hema supermarket in China.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Does anyone remember the ‘common area’ anymore, before ‘squeezing the asset’ became the norm and the open space was stuffed until it was blue in the face with kiosks, pop-ups and carts?) The ground floor ends with a Tops supermarket that is typically upscale but with a product mix targeted specifically at Thais rather than foreigners.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The operators are tasked with monitoring specific groups of shops around the UK to find criminals targeting the supermarkets, with findings shared with local police forces. The convenience store giant spent more than 18m on security measures last year to protect its store staff, including rolling out body-worn cameras and fortified kiosks.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 14, 2024

Whether you are browsing the aisles of your closest supermarket or walking the stalls of the local market on a Saturday morning, you are almost certain to come across some form of point of sale or point of purchase materials. This can include contactless payments and sanitised self-checkout stations. “In

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

GRIMES, Iowa — A new Hy-Vee supermarket that opened here on Tuesday is billed as the “the company’s first entirely reimagined grocery store,” with expanded dining options, digital shelf tags and kiosks, and in-store specialty departments offering everything from shoes to fitness equipment.

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A1 Retail

APRIL 4, 2022

It is tailored for end-users to explore what technologies, touchpoint concepts and data is best suited for retail applications and is set out in four distinct areas: a retail store, supermarket, hybrid office and control centre setting. The Retail Showcase is running in Hall 6 on each day of the show.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 11, 2021

s newest store opened here September 28 with many of the amenities that the regional supermarket chain is known for plus new features that modernize the shopping experience. And the chain’s Scan and Go technology lets shoppers use their phones to pay for their items and skip the checkout line. EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Hy-Vee Inc.’s

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More than 700 shoppers were lined up outside this town’s newest supermarket when the doors opened at 6 a.m. to allow contactless checkout, Edeker said. to allow contactless checkout, Edeker said. EAU CLAIRE, Wis. has incorporated into an “entirely reimagined” grocery store.

Beauty and Health

VMS

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Sapphire I and II Series LED Downlights are designed to illuminate large supermarket display areas. This compact kiosk receipt printer includes remote monitoring support. The EU-m30 is a sleek, compact kiosk receipt printer for use in touchless self-ordering and self-checkout applications. Featuring 4-, 6- and 8-in.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

CEQ’s network of 29 stores offers many of the core grocery items found in a traditional supermarket – ranging from fresh produce to non-disposable items – to large items such as washing machines, but presented in smaller store formats. It has also removed confectionary chocolate from its checkout, to further encourage healthier options.

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Retail Dive

JUNE 11, 2025

Published June 11, 2025 Patrick Cooley Reporter post share post print email license The gift shop chain Lori's Gifts uses checkout-free payments systems. A technological boost could still help checkout-free payments succeed, say industry professionals and consultants.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 23, 2024

When I was a kid, the term ‘kiosk’ meant a building at the beach where we would go and buy ice creams and bags of candy with our loose change. Take the mundane activity of going to a supermarket. In 2019, a Dutch supermarket introduced slow checkouts for lonely elderly people who want to talk to someone.

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365 Retail

MAY 15, 2025

Retail: Faster, Smarter, Seamlessly Connected In the UKs highly competitive retail landscape, speed isnt just about fast checkouts or next-day deliveryits about creating a seamless, frictionless experience across the entire customer journey. On the customer-facing side, speed is redefining the checkout experience.

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