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Trigo Raises $100 Million to Fuel Expansion of Cashier-Free Checkout Technology

Retail TouchPoints

The solution provider will use the funding to scale deployment of autonomous urban supermarkets across Europe and the U.S., enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. New strategic investors include SAP SE, which will also help commercialize Trigo’s solution.

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Sainsbury’s Deploys Amazon Just Walk Out Technology in London C-Store

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In the first usage of Amazon ’s Just Walk Out (JWO) technology by a non-Amazon international retailer, Sainsbury’s has deployed the cashierless solution in its Holborn Circus convenience store. A checkout-free Chartwells convenience store debuted in November 2020 at its University of Houston location using technology from Standard.

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The Cost of Long Queues: 3 Reasons to Use a Queue Management Solution for Brick & Mortars

V Count

Using a queue management solution to solve queuing problems. With a Queue Management system, businesses like retailers and supermarkets can accurately calculate the number of customers at checkout queues and the average time they spend waiting. Shorter checkout queues mean happier customers and more productive staff.

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Three Lessons Grocers can Learn from Specialty Retailers

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While most supermarkets prioritized developments that facilitated COVID-era shopping behaviors like grocery delivery, curbside pickup or self-checkout, grocery shoppers are now looking for improved in-store experiences. For many, it has worked. For many in the grocery industry, however, adopting these practices has been slower.

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Customers are Tired of Empty Shelves, and it’s Time for a Fix

Retail TouchPoints

From the moment a product enters the store via a delivery to the moment it exits the store through the checkout, there is very little data that retailers can leverage to make decisions. Not only do alerts like these help recapture lost sales, but they also maximize associate productivity through effective task management.

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FMI conference probes implications of artificial intelligence

Mass Relators

The multifaceted picture that emerged was intended to serve as a starting point for ongoing dialogue about the evolution of the supermarket channel, and highlight opportunities to forge dynamic new partnerships. Sarasin noted that supermarket operators and CPG suppliers are already at work leveraging the power of technology.

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Good. Different? Aldi follows rivals on self-service and e-commerce

Inside Retail

Thirteen years after Woolworths introduced self-service checkouts to Australian supermarket shoppers, discount grocer Aldi has bowed to the demand for quick and convenient self-serve transactions at its stores. I suspect they’ll progress that across their fleet of stores in the coming years,” Mortimer said.