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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. Now, Owens said the company also plans to begin testing a 100% self-checkout store format across 200 locations this year.

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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

Retail TouchPoints

Technology — specifically edge computing — provides the foundation for a better customer experience, real-time inventory management, enhanced security and loss prevention and in-store analytics. Self-checkout kiosks are ubiquitous today, but they add to the security challenges retailers face.

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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

Circle K will pilot a touchless autonomous checkout solution in one of its Phoenix locations and plans to add the technology to other store locations. 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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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. .”

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Robots, RFID tags and an incubator area: Inside Decathlon’s new Data Lab

Inside Retail

The automation of laborious and manual tasks such as inventory management through the development of new technologies in the Data Lab allows our Decathlon teammates to do what they find most meaningful – fostering relationships with customers. IR: What is being planned for 2022?

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Expert Tips for Enhancing Your Retail Store Installation and Design

CJ Retail Solutions

Integrating point-of-sale and inventory management systems Customer Comfort and Convenience 7.1 Planning for periodic updates to keep the store current 10.3 Integrating point-of-sale and inventory management systems Customer Comfort and Convenience 7.1 Planning for periodic updates to keep the store current 10.3