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Information Overload: Don’t Let Self-Checkouts Become a Chokepoint

Retail TouchPoints

For retailers, self-checkout is something of a double-edged sword. Moreover, customers seem very receptive to self-checkout, with 73% noting that it feels much faster than a traditional cashier. Additionally, 85% of Gen Z consumers use self-checkout when available, driven largely by the convenience factor.

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The 3 Most Impactful Location-Powered Experiences for Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

Location-Powered Experiences Drive Results. Leading retailers have addressed these challenges head-on by adopting new technology such as location infrastructure. Leading retailers have addressed these challenges head-on by adopting new technology such as location infrastructure. Offer rapid turnaround for on-premise orders.

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Royal Farms Adds Self-Checkout at More Than 250 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Convenience store retailer Royal Farms will implement NCR Corporation ’s self-checkout solutions in all of its more than 250 locations. Self-checkout has become an important option for today’s touch-conscious shoppers, and its adoption is only expected to increase. million units by 2025.

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Amazon’s Cashierless Checkout Tech Makes Inroads at Events Venues

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon is continuing to expand the reach of its Just Walk Out (JWO) cashierless checkout tech with a particular focus on events-based venues. The Quick Six store will open on June 1, 2023, at Six Flags Great Adventure, and a second location will open later this year at Magic Mountain in Los Angeles. “We airports.

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Chartwells Debuts Checkout-Free C-Store at University of Houston

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer recently debuted its first store to be retrofitted with checkout-free technology at the University of Houston campus. Earlier this year, Amazon announced it would sell its Just Walk Out technology to other retailers, and hospitality group OTG became the first to deploy it in select CIBO Express Gourmet Markets in airports.

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Albertsons operates self-checkout-only store

Retail Wire

An Albertsons in Boise doesn’t have one traditional checkout on the premises. Customers, instead, have the option of different self-checkout options. “We are transitioning our traditional lanes to assisted checkout lanes as part of a pilot program,” said Kathy Holland, a spokesperson for the grocer chain. .

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Robots, apps and self-checkouts: Step inside the new high-tech Bunnings

Inside Retail

It then uses in-built cameras to identify shelf-gaps, and assign suitable locations for products waiting to be shelved. It was designed to address one of the biggest pain points for customers – not being able to locate products – and it’s been really well-received,” Balter said.

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