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

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Trigo’s solution is designed to help supermarkets create a “digital twin” of the store using feeds from ceiling-mounted cameras and shelf sensors. The technology aims to enable frictionless checkout, real-time inventory tracking and other technologies. “By

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Amazon’s Just Walk Out has Left the Building

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Amazon spokesperson Carly Golden, quoted by CNBC , said “We’ve heard from customers that while they enjoyed the benefit of skipping the checkout line with Just Walk Out, they also wanted the ability to easily find nearby products and deals, view their receipt as they shop and know how much money they saved while shopping throughout the store.”

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How RFID is Powering Perry Ellis’ Customer Operations, from Inventory Planning to Checkout

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However, RFID also can be used to bust friction across the entire experience, including all the way through checkout. The traditional example is how tying RFID to associates’ phones lets them efficiently find the right size, color or other option to reduce the time customers spend waiting.

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