Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

The rise of online shopping scams presents significant reputational risks for e-commerce businesses of all sizes if they don’t take proactive measures to help protect consumers. million to online shopping scams, and over $92 million to scams overall, according to Scamwatch. So far this year, Australians have lost more than $1.2

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 18, 2022

Staff will use a series of hi-tech cameras to follow customers as they do their shopping, and then bill them when they leave. Aldi had been trialling the store with employees over the past few months before launching the service on Tuesday. The aim is to end long queues in stores and could lead to more sites opening.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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A1 Retail

MAY 14, 2024

Portuguese company Sensei, a provider of autonomous store technology, is strengthening its presence and positioning in the Italian market with the opening of the country’s second autonomous supermarket. As in Verona, this second store in Trento boasts a series of developments designed to enhance the customer’s experience.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2021

Woolworths is launching its own stand-alone payments platform, Wpay, which will power payments inside and outside its group of businesses, and further extends the group into the retail ecosystem in Australia. It’s an exciting time in the world of payments with new technology driving better experiences for consumers,” Monnington said.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The eQR payments platform is being rolled out in partnership with Commonwealth Bank and NAB, as well as with fintechs Azupay , Beem It and Merchant Warrior. Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are also on board as first adopters. What do QR-code payments mean for SMEs? This shift means SMEs have had to adapt, Boyd explains.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 21, 2024

Shoppers at the bakery chain found some shops shut or unable to take card payments at cities including London, Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow – although it remains unclear how many stores were affected. “All affected shops are now trading as normal.

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

The COVID surge for supermarkets The pandemic hit many retailers hard, with stores shut and high streets deserted. According to industry experts The Grocer magazine, UK supermarkets continue to see high levels of growth. iVend Supermarket iVend helps supermarkets offer uninterrupted service to their customers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2022

Last month, global supermarket brand Aldi opened its first checkout-free supermarket to the public, following an in-house trial, allowing customers in Greenwich, London, to walk in, pick up their groceries, and walk out without going to a till. Aldi also has staff on hand to verify a customer’s age physically if need be.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 26, 2023

announced it has expanded shopping access for participants of SNAP, the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program, who now can make electronic EBT payments when ordering for curbside pickup or home delivery. The company also participated in a USDA pilot testing EBT payment acceptance during the pandemic.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

We’ve seen panic buying, the rise of the “homebody economy” and a strong shift towards contactless shopping. As we emerge from the worst of the pandemic, it seems the right time to reflect on the most important changes in consumer behaviour we’ve seen, and to make some predictions about COVID-19’s lasting and pervasive effects on how we shop.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Aldi is trialling its first checkout-free store to allow customers to shop at the supermarket and exit without the need to pay at a till. The discount supermarket chain said the store is in London but declined to give further details of the location of the trial site.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2023

Rather, it is in constant flux, with innovations shifting the way that industry players operate, and changing the way that consumers and traders interact with one-another. A key one, he said, is personalisation, as the demand for a tailored and customised shopping experience becomes higher over time.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Manhattan’s Fairway Market grocery chain has partnered with Instacart to develop a new convenience-focused service called Fairway Now that will offer delivery of last-minute grocery items and household essentials in as fast as 30 minutes. Fairway Market is a trademark of the retailer-owned supermarket cooperative Wakefern Food Corp.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

Amazon ’s One palm scanner payment technology will reportedly expand to more than 65 Whole Foods stores in California, according to TechCrunch and other media outlets. Amazon One was launched in Amazon Go stores in 2020 and early 2021 before expanding to an Amazon Fresh supermarket later that year.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

These experiences could go further through partnerships with supermarkets, where a QR code enables the consumer to fill their shopping basket with all the ingredients for a week’s worth of recipes and buy them with one tap on their mobile device.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

All the payments would be done automatically. Powered by Trigo, the store is based on a hybrid model, where customers can either choose to go through a conventional checkout process, or have a frictionless experience using the latest camera and sensor technology. Now, a similar revolution is happening in Germany. billion euros in 2021.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2024

In many ways, when you look around, we appear to have normalised or, at the very least, become accustomed to mediocre service interactions. The self-service kiosk is not working. The process is quick and efficient but lacks any personal touch or attempt to understand if I have any special requirements or interests.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 19, 2023

This doesn’t mean that your products don’t have to be attractive and of high quality — of course they do — but tourists don’t want to buy things from a supermarket, they want something new and different. That means outlets wanting to appeal to tourists need to still offer cash payments. Sticking to credit cards.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Taken together, these merchant signings represent thousands of new places that now accept American Express Card payments. In the retail sector, American Express has signed acceptance agreements with discount retailer Savers , which operates around 500 stores nationwide.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Speedy delivery is the name of the game for supermarket retailers all over the world right now, as major chains invest in micro fulfilment centres and explore dark stores in an effort to keep up with customers’ rising expectations during the pandemic. By the end of June 2021, Missfresh operated 625 mini-warehouses in 16 cities in China.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Powered by Instacart , Aldi will offer nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery in as fast as 30 minutes. The Aldi Express service is now available from more than 2,100 Aldi supermarket locations across the U.S. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out (JWO) technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and will not deploy the solution in new locations scheduled to open later this year, according to multiple media reports.

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I Vend

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

For retailers, Valentine’s Day offers a shopping boost in the after-holiday mid-February slump, but it’s more than that – it’s also a reminder that love comes in many forms, including the love that shoppers have for their favourite store. All retail processes iVend helps retailers become irresistible to shoppers.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Co-op has partnered with new tech-recirculation service, Spring, to enable consumers to get their unused electronic devices back into circulation and tackle the issue of e-waste. The service is initially launching in Co-op stores in London with further locations in Manchester, Leeds, Brighton and Birmingham to follow.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The figures are cycling periods of massive growth for the supermarket sector, landed well within analysts’ predictions, and showed that Coles is holding on well through the pandemic, despite supply-chain issues. When we look at our e-commerce customers, they’re still shopping in stores.

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I Vend

DECEMBER 11, 2023

All retail processes iVend helps retailers to stay ahead of retail technology trends. Process automation – such as inventory management , tracking stock levels and re-ordering. Customer service – chatbots and personal assistants to enhance the customer experience. Learn about our innovative integrated retail technology platform.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At this week’s ARA Leader’s Forum, MST Marquee’s Craig Woolford signalled that the effects of such high rate rises are likely to be felt in the retail industry for years to come, as customers change their shopping habits to deal with increased costs in every part of their lives. Grocery prices rose 9.2

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365 Retail

JANUARY 18, 2022

Staff will use a series of hi-tech cameras to follow customers as they do their shopping, and then bill them when they leave. Aldi had been trialling the store with employees over the past few months before launching the service on Tuesday. The aim is to end long queues in stores and could lead to more sites opening.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

If retailers think online shopping in 2021 is about the simple exchange of goods for money, they’re doing it wrong. This can be even more challenging as COVID-19 accelerated the move to online shopping more than any other time in history. Customers don’t just want to buy a product — they want an experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. Amazon , one of the pioneers of cashierless solutions, has been moving away from deployments in supermarkets. Aldi has retrofitted its Aurora, Ill.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

And the efficiency gains 5G supports will help improve operating margins. The supercharged network will support a range of use cases that improve the efficiency of operations and deliver seamless experiences for shoppers. Contactless shopping : This trend will continue beyond the pandemic, with 5G supporting further improvements.

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Retail Minded

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

But they do want a faster, more efficient shopping experience once they’re within those doors. . Although self-service checkouts were first introduced in 1986 , they are still far from perfect. Plus, when implemented the wrong way, they only add friction to the shopping experience. . ShopRite’s Scan and Go app has a dismal 2.2

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A1 Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

By David Jeffrey, Director of Product, Barclaycard Payments. It’s no secret that ecommerce saw exponential growth over the past year, as many housebound Brits did all their shopping online. The latest data from Barclaycard Payments shows that 50 percent of our transactions now come through ecommerce, up from 40 percent pre-pandemic.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A new study from FIS ® (NYSE: FIS), shows how the shopping preferences of younger UK consumers have shifted as adoption of embedded finance services reaches mainstream usage among Millennials and Gen Zs, while their older counterparts are less engaged with newer, digitally-oriented financial experiences.

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I Vend

AUGUST 17, 2022

Supermarket shopping is, for the vast majority of consumers, an essential. Whilst other forms of retail may be seen as leisure and pleasure, the weekly food shop is more likely to be considered a must-do chore. So what supermarket shoppers want above all is convenience. iVend Retail for Supermarket.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The most notable features are the capacity to hold up to 18 SKU’s, a conveyor delivery system, custom software, an interactive touch screen with a touchless option coming soon, age verification, cashless payment options including Apple Pay and Google Wallet, and many others. percent purity that is officially confirmed by independent labs.

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