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Computer Vision and AI: the new weapon against shoplifters

365 Retail

Inferring meaningful information from digital images and videos: retailers’ hopes to have a new, highly efficient tool against shoplifting, loss and organised crime in future are based on Computer Vision, a sub-segment of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The camera points at the scan area of the self-checkout terminal.

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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. Innovations have slowed since then, but edge computing will usher in a new wave of personalization and self-service for modern shoppers.

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Zebra Technologies releases 16th Annual Global Shopper Study

Mass Relators

Many retailers expect to deploy loss prevention analytics (49%) and demand planning and forecasting (54%) by 2026. While omnichannel shopping causes challenges for retailers, most shoppers prefer options. The Zebra study indicates 36% of retailers believe better analytics on shrink could help drive profitability.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

As the tactics behind these crimes become increasingly sophisticated, and customer expectations for in-store experiences are higher than ever, retailers are finding it more difficult to protect their assets while maintaining great service. Throughout his retail career, loss prevention remained a focus.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

VMS

But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. In California, Amazon-owned Whole Foods stores launched palm-scanning technology at checkout. Happy New Year. INFLATION ON. YOUR MIND. OF YOUR HANDS.

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

Retalon

A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. Adopting BOPIS can be challenging so we’ll explain how you can successfully merge your online and physical store operations. ROPIS (Reserve Online Pickup In-Store): Shifts the payment transaction to the store. What is BOPIS?

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Retail x Fintech: The Importance of Security in Retail’s Adoption of BOPIS and Payment Installment Plans

Retail TouchPoints

Mobile devices have become powerful payment instruments, on the way to replacing traditional cards for in-store purchases in many markets around the globe. Then the shuttering of many stores made online shopping a necessity, while social distancing measures turned contactless payments from a convenient option to a safer alternative.