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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

Retail TouchPoints

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. Grocery retail is rooted in a traditional brick-and-mortar business model, with many longstanding and comprehensive internal processes.

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Kroger and Albertsons to Sell 400+ Stores, 8 DCs to Speed Planned Merger

Retail TouchPoints

Kroger and Albertsons will sell 413 stores across 17 states and the District of Columbia, along with eight distribution centers, two offices and five private label brands, to C&S Wholesale Grocers for approximately $1.9 Kroger said the settlement and payment terms would not affect the merger. billion in cash.

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AI in Retail: Optimizing Operations from Supply Chains to Employee Scheduling

Retail TouchPoints

The newest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) would seem to be tailor-made for the behind-the-scenes operational complexity of today’s retail organization — and in many ways it is. Everything Comes Back to the Data As promising as AI can be in retail operations, it also carries risks.

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Digital Transformation for a Major Retailer Takes a Co-Selling Team

Cisco Retail

But traditional brick-and-mortar grocers are unlikely to have all the expertise in house to go it alone. And no single vendor, not even Cisco with one of the broadest portfolios of software, hardware, and services in the industry, can provide everything from soup to nuts needed by a national grocery chain to digitally transform itself.

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