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Shekel Introduces Contactless Checkout Solution For Grocers

Retail TouchPoints

Shekel , an AI-powered advanced weighing solution provider, has introduced Fast Track, a touchless machine learning-based cloudless self-checkout solution for supermarkets. Fast Track aims to eliminate the need for consumers to enter product codes via touchscreens by automatically recognizing produce, bakery and specialty items.

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Retail’s use of facial recognition raises red flags for consumers

Inside Retail

Supermarket Woolworths has also been singled out after a slide from a 2020 training module, uploaded by a user on Reddit, claimed it uses facial mapping and artificial intelligence in its CCTV system, and had shared this data with police in order to help them apprehend suspects. Most customer’s “uncomfortable” with surveillance .

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More than plexiglass: Experts weigh in on rising retail crime rate in US

Inside Retail

The big picture According to Mark Stafford, national sales director in ANZ for Checkpoint Systems, a company that specialises in loss prevention, the rise in homelessness and loitering has contributed towards aggressive behaviour and increases in theft at high-risk locations. It’s the best move they can make,” he noted.

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While tech giants have their heads in the clouds, this is why other retailers don’t need to follow suit

A1 Retail

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”. The industry limits. Meeting customer demand.

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14 Examples of Great Customer Experiences in Retail

Indigo 9 Digital

With the growth of DIY videos on YouTube there is a clear demand by the market for consumers to become experts by learning from other experts like you. The Chinese eCommerce giant made a move into physical retail in 2016 by opening a chain of futuristic supermarkets called Hema or Freshippo in English.