Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

As such, there are many factors to consider when implementing new loss prevention tactics. At the top of that list is the effect locks and cases can have on well-intentioned shoppers when not deployed as part of a holistic, data-led loss prevention strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

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. Computer vision at the edge would create more personalized shopping experiences that synchronize in-person, online and mobile interactions.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. Everyday items are behind locked plexiglass, but technology will become a key driver of loss prevention efforts.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As counterintuitive as it is, we all know losses are an accepted norm in retailing. Factored into the bottom line, as sales increase for stores, so will the losses of product inventory. Loss prevention teams call this inevitable outcome “external shrinkage”. But is this a prime example of too much, too soon?

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Cisco Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Personalization of a shopping experience can drive a 40% larger basket (transaction size) according to the Boston Consulting Group. The people counters at the entrance are notoriously inaccurate and the only other reliable point of contact is frequently at the Point of Sale (POS). The same is not true of physical stores.

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I Vend

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Effective inventory management leads to lower overall inventory costs, fewer lost sales due to stock-outs, and greater customer satisfaction – and ultimately more profit. Point of sale store operations – customers want fast and friction-free checkout, and retailers need to know what has been sold.

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