Automated Retail Systems
Retail technology systems continue to emerge as the building block for modern retail systems transformation. Whether retail will significantly invest in technology is only question. Employee utilization (and costs) are always the top considerations. Eliminating waste and improper orders and order processing.
And then there are the big square box kiosks…
Electronic Locker:
- Lockers – Parcel, Vending and Smart – Kiosk Industry
- Smart Locker | Kiosk Industry
- USPS® Smart Lockers Integration Overview – Kiosk Industry
- Electronic Lockers – Amazon Hub, USPS & Smartecarte
Hot Food Vending Machines
- Watching new Kiosk Operators who John Laspia has joined up with
- New business endeavor by Just Baked — Just Baked Smart Bistro temperature-controlled kiosks are the turnkey fully automated solution to giving your customers and clients 24/7 access to hot food – all without the additional expense of 24/7 staff. –4/25/2024 — In a visionary move aimed at redefining hot food robotic technology, Sodexo and ART have announced a partnership to deploy thousands of state-of-the-art hot food robotic kiosks across Sodexo-served facilities throughout the U.S. A culmination of Sodexo’s global leadership and ART’s progress in robotics and AI, this partnership will establish new benchmarks in the automated dining domain.
Other Notable Releases
- The automated ammo dispensing kiosk being installed in several locations
- The “buy gold” kiosk has returned
Pickup lockers strategically placed or maybe “employing” one of the new service robots (as low as $4200 + monthly sw sub)
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Posts
- McDonald’s WW Market Research 2024
- Touchscreen or Person – Which is Better?
- Restaurant Research – Concerns for Toast’s TAM
- Food Delivery and CEO Wonder Marc Lore
- Revel Acquisition by Shift4`
- OLO Part 3 – Failed Acquisition
- Self Checkout Trends for Walmart and Target
- Credit Card Interchange – VISA MC Settlement
- Olo Restaurant – Reforming Retail
- Robotic Restaurant News – AI Robotics
- ecoATM Kiosk Funding
- Aldi Produce Scanner Speeds Up Self-Checkout
- NCR Aloha Update – Legacy of Mike Hayford
- Automated Retail Industry News
- Future Retail and Smart Mirrors
- Quest Diagnostic Found Guilty – Loses Suit
- Panera Bread Review 2023 – Is Panera 2.0 Dead
- Restaurant POS – Toast Hangs Back While PAR and Olo Battle
- Are robot waiters the future of the restaurant industry?
- Retail’s Problems Were Solved. So Why Still The Problem?
Archive News
- Walmart Robots – Automation and Walmart – Expect to See More and More
- Farmers Fridge Food Vending Fridges
- Marijuana Vending Kiosk Comes to Colorado
- Robotic Server LG ServeBot for Restaurants & Hospitality
- Restaurant Employees — NY Times versus NRA kerfuffle
- Automated Retail News Wrapup December
- How Taco Bell and KFC are using technology to lower their food costs
- Japan will allow self-driving delivery robots to roam its streets to combat labour shortages
- 65% of retail jobs could be automated by 2025
- IDmission brings online ID verification to stadium concessions – Stadium Tech Report
- Hertz increased its fleet of electric rental cars — then, its profits exploded
- Self-serve concessions technology now part of Levi’s Stadium offerings – Stadium Tech Report
- McDonalds Automated Restaurant in Dallas
- Food delivery robots hit Canadian sidewalks, but many challenges delay mass adoption
- 4 Reasons to Add IoT Automations to Packaging Systems
- Kroger tests eCart for self-serve curbside pickup
- Rob Carpenter, CEO of Valyant AI: $15M Raised to Tackle the Labor Shortage at Quick Serve Restaurants with Conversational AI
Retail Kiosk aka Automated Retail
The automated retail systems industry is one of the two core technology showplaces today (Financial Services being #2).
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- Emerging technologies such as biometric contactless, robotics, delivery, ghost kitchens, lockers, digital signage, vending and automated vending lead the way. Amazon and Google revolutionize physical delivery. OuterWall has another great idea (or not).
- More mature retail technology includes interactive displays, next-generation POS, and interactive one-to-one customer service technology.
- Companion technologies include EV charging technology. EV charging stations located in the Kohls parking lot provide extra convenience and pulls in additional traffic from users searching Google Maps for a convenient recharge point. Restaurants are now including.
- Sustainability has emerged with zero carbon footprint McDonalds restaurants now.
- Standards – here we have more regulatory guidelines in play along with more standards than any other industry. PCI, OPOS, JPOS, MPOS, HIPAA, ADA, UL, CE just to name a few.
For more information on companion technologies, we recommend visiting the industrygroup.org site. Retail Systems aka Retail Automation is a member of the industrygroup
Example Digital Signage and Menu Boards
- Digital Signage Blog — more accurately interactive digital displays but we are stuck with “digital signage” for now.
- Menu Board — here we focus on digital menus, indoor and outdoor. Panasonic and LG are two of our members and contribute.
- Best Digital Signage Solution Provider News
- Menu Board Technology and Digital Menus
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