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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

That’s worrying in an increasingly competitive environment where customer engagement and user experience are becoming more important than ever. Customer Experience It’s been five years since Amazon Go opened to the public, creating the template for the retail store of the future by allowing shoppers to skip the checkout line entirely.

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Dollar General to Trial 100% Self-Checkout Stores at 200 Locations

Retail TouchPoints

Dollar General already has self-checkout kiosks in 8,000 of its 18,000 stores and plans to increase that number to 11,000 by the end of this year. As a result of the success of self-checkout and popularity with customers, we have recently launched a pilot of stores that are entirely self-checkout.

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McDonald’s outage underlines the risks of retailers becoming too reliant on tech

Inside Retail

McDonald’s mobile app; its human-less, order-taking kiosks; its digitised menus that change based on trends, the weather and more; and even its generative AI — together, these enable McDonald’s to eke out additional sales and efficiencies worth billions of dollars to the company, which has 40,000 locations in roughly 100 countries. “We

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Can Self-Service Kiosks Offer Support In Today’s Retail Conditions?

Frank Mayer

While more shoppers return to stores, retail self-service kiosks offer the safe contactless experience and endless aisle options they now seek. Before we dive into how self-service kiosks can assist retail, though, it’s important to address the more pressing concern about the industry first. The Retail Elephant in the Room.

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Circle K Will Retrofit Stores To Pilot Autonomous Checkout

Retail TouchPoints

In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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Solving the Shopping Mall ‘Identity Crisis’ with Community Data and Careful Curation

Retail TouchPoints

The goal was to go beyond just buying products on shelves and reframing the customer experience. Mall owners have found that bringing in some of those smaller, startup type brands to a temporary space or kiosk is beneficial on both sides,” Cegielski said.

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Sandwiching Success: Unveiling the Power of POS Tech in Our Latest Deli eBook

Star Miconics

In our latest eBook, “3 Ways POS Tech and Hardware Improve Deli Operations and Customer Experiences,” we delve into the transformative power of modern point-of-sale (POS) technology and how it can optimize deli businesses.