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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

A number of major retailers have had some form of adoption because of its ability to materially improve inventory management, but it hasn’t offered the same benefit to the customer experience. For example, a customer can scan a 2D barcode on a package of pasta sauce and instantly view ingredients, allergens, recipes and promotions.

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Smart shopping carts, low-code and robots: Welcome to retail tech in 2023

Inside Retail

Retail workers have access to information about products, promotions, and pricing instantly. In addition, retail teams are better equipped to handle tasks such as stocking shelves and conducting inventory, as AI-powered applications can provide them with real-time data and analysis.

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How the Store of the Future will Track Shopper Behavior Ecommerce-Style

Retail TouchPoints

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on surfaces in the store that are already digital: point-of-sale systems or back-of-house tasks like inventory management. If the NRF show is any indicator, then that is exactly things are headed in the coming years.

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CI&T Study: To Create Lean and Mean Demand Forecasts, Move to Real-Time Data Sharing

Retail TouchPoints

“If both parties began looking at a variety of data sets, but through the same lens, there would be much more strategic alignment and much less of a disconnect visible in inventory management,” noted Melissa Minkow, Retail Industry Lead at CI&T in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Innovation Is Transforming Retail At The Shelf Level — But What’s Powering The Shelf?

Retail TouchPoints

Digital Signage: Digital signs are gaining traction indoors these days, and serve as a form of in-store digital marketing for grocers, allowing them to showcase promotions, highlight new products, or provide cooking inspiration for seasonal or unusual ingredients. Smart shelf technology can also interact with customers via smartphones.

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Check it out – how grocery POS drives convenience and speed

I Vend

From frictionless checkout to seamless ERP integrations, to built-in promotions, loyalty, and inventory management – a sophisticated Grocery POS offers everything a modern-day retailer needs to deliver convenience to their customers. Shoppers are ‘ prioritising convenience and safety above all else’ reports The Grocer.

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Which Approach To Self-Service Grocery Checkout Will Emerge As The Standard In 2023?

Retail Minded

It makes sense that grocers might not be sure which way to jump. Trigo’s digital twin can be used for other purposes too, such as inventory management. . But the number of choices brings on “analysis paralysis,” and selecting the wrong tech could be an expensive mistake. . Which approach will emerge triumphant?