Retail Systems and Retail Automation
- Walmart IRL or Intelligent Retail Lab – Where’s the Beef with AI? May 1, 2019 Excerpted from Fast Company April 30, 2019. Recommended read! Walmart’s AI-powered store of the future is nothing like Amazon GoThere are cameras. There is AI. And the similarities end there.By ...
- The State of Retailing Online 2019 – NRF and Forrester May 1, 2019 NRF ResearchThe State of Retailing Online 2019National Retail FederationPublished Mar 11, 2019Developed in partnership with Forrester Research, the annual State of Retailing Online report provides an overview of metrics from ...
- Amazon Go, CafeX – future of retail automation April 15, 2019 Article published on ZDnet April 15th The two futuristic retail experiences offer a contrast in how advanced tech can be used to prepare beverages on the spot as well as eliminate ...
- Walmart doubles down on robots to shift labor costs: “We’re going big” April 11, 2019 News story excerpt from CBS NewsWalmart said it’s adding almost 4,000 robots to its stores and facilities. The investment will allow human workers to shift to other tasks that are harder ...
- ‘Retail apocalypse’ now: Analysts say 75,000 more U.S. stores could be doomed. April 11, 2019 Reported on Washington Post April 10th. Overall, retailers have closed more than 15,000 stores since 2017, according to UBS. Among them: Radio Shack (which closed 1,470 stores), Toys R Us (735 ...
- Why 2.7 million Americans still get Netflix DVDs in the mail April 5, 2019 Excerpy from April 4th, 2019 CNN article full text Netflix Users Still Opt for US Mail Still 2.7 Million subscribers that get Netflix in the US Mail. $212 Million profit last year ...
- Denver ready to make money on thousand-foot, $14.5 million sign February 17, 2019 Original complete article published on The Denver Post For more than a year, a thousand-foot ribbon of light has greeted people along Peña Boulevard at Denver International Airport. Now, the airport’s ...
- Taco Bell Ordering With Kiosks February 17, 2019 Original complete article published here – excerpt belowAs our everyday lives revolve around swiping, scrolling, and tapping, Taco Bell knew they needed to evolve their customer experience to match. Their ...
- Pay Extra Special Attention To Kroger’s Shelf Labeling February 17, 2019 Retailers Pay Attention Kroger Shelf Labeling Originally published on Forbes – Excerpt below So while Kroger’s recent experiments may already be showing beneficial effects in terms of in-store conversion and basket size, the more ...
- Press Release – The Kroger Co. December 5, 2018 Source: ir.kroger.com Fighting off Amazon seems to be high priority these days
- Provision Holding secures 100% ownership of 650 kiosks in Rite Aid stores November 30, 2018 US-based provider of integrated solutions for retail Provision Holding has secured 100% ownership of 650 kiosks in Rite Aid stores. Source: www.retail-insight-network.com
- Amazon Lockers vs. Walmart pickup tower: Which is better? November 12, 2018 Amazon Lockers and Walmart’s pickup towers let shoppers pick up their products in-store and save on shipping. We tested them to see which was better. Source: www.businessinsider.com Good writeup on actually using ...
- Why Healthy Vending Machines Are Trending November 11, 2018 As our lives get busier and more and more people are working remotely than ever before, we find ourselves in a moment in history when vending machines make a lot ...
- Cash Or Card: Some Businesses Are Making Decision To Go Cashless « CBS Philly November 11, 2018 Some consumers are making customers choice of paying with cash or credit easier by going cashless, but not everyone is on board with the idea. Source: philadelphia.cbslocal.com
- Kroger Launches Voice-Assistant Ordering for Grocery Ecommerce November 10, 2018 Mega-grocer teams with Google Assistant for contextual commerce Source: progressivegrocer.com
- Bloomberg – Online Stores Moving to Physical Stores – Why? November 6, 2018 Matt Townsend, global business reporter for Bloomberg, on how digital natives like Warby Parker have recognized they need physical stores to grow and prosper. Hosted by Pimm Fox and Lisa ...
- Enough With the U.S. Retail Apocalypse – Bloomberg November 6, 2018 Not every company is rolling over as Amazon runs roughshod over the industry. Source: www.bloomberg.com Her “retail matrix” analyses four factors that affect retailers: brands, experiential, frictionless and low-cost. These ingredients largely ...
- Blind Marylanders sue Walmart, saying self-serve checkouts violate ADA – Baltimore Sun November 1, 2018 Three blind Maryland residents and the National Federation of the Blind are suing Walmart. Source: www.baltimoresun.com Assisted checkout getting a bad name.
- Amazon.com patents wink-controlled facial recognition technology for online shopping October 31, 2018 The technology resembles iPhone X capabilities, which currently doesn’t allow purchases in Amazon’s marketplace. Source: www.bizjournals.com Several gesture technologies do this now (activate on wink). I am surprised Amazon got a patent ...
- Walmart’s test store for new technology, Sam’s Club Now, opens next week in Dallas October 31, 2018 Walmart’s warehouse club, Sam’s Club is preparing to open the doors at a new Dallas area store that will serve as a testbed for the latest in retail technology. Specifically, ...
- JR places automated kiosk on platform at Akabane Station in Tokyo October 19, 2018 JR East has placed an automated kiosk on a platform at Akabane Station in Kita Ward, Tokyo, in a trial using AI. The kiosk began operating on Wednesday. The kiosk, ...
- Stores Magazine (NRFK) – September 2018 – Nice to See You Again October 1, 2018 Merchandise returns cost retailers in the United States more than $350 million in sales last year, including up to $22.8 billion attributed directly to fraudulent returns and abuse, estimates data ...
- Amazon, Nike open stores of the future October 1, 2018 Amazon and Nike are creating new kinds of stores that make it easier to get customers what they want, when and where they want it. Digital ease is marrying in-person ...
- Are McDonald’s kiosks better than cashiers? August 17, 2018 McDonald’s is rolling out a new way to order at its restaurants. Kiosks have increased accuracy and efficiency for fast-food chains. But are kiosks better for customers to use? Source: www.businessinsider.com The best ...
- MCDONALDS ADDING KIOSKS TO 140 LOCATIONS IN STATE – The Denver Post, 2018-08-14 August 17, 2018 McDonald’s and its local franchisees are combining to invest $111 million in physical and technological upgrades at 140 Colorado restaurants this year and next, the company has announced.Click here to ...
- Credit card skimmers now need to fear the Reaper August 17, 2018 SkimReaper, subject of a USENIX Security paper, detects most common card skimmers. Source: arstechnica.com They uncovered four broad categories of skimming gear:Overlays—devices that get placed on top of the slot for the ...
- App-based coffee kiosk, Briggo, opens at airport | The Feed August 2, 2018You’re probably almost always running late when heading to the airport. Or maybe it’s just me. Every extra second counts, so standing in line for some scalding hot coffee at ...
- HP announce a new retail Kiosk and POS solution based on Windows 10 August 2, 2018 HP Inc. is offering a new portfolio of devices and services designed to enhance the in-store retail shopping experience. The HP Engage portfolio will also be available through its Device-as-a-Service ...
- Four predictions on how retailing will evolve July 26, 2018 The retailers who flourish in the upcoming years will be those that re-imagine and align their stores with the digital age. Source: www.chainstoreage.com New technological developments and the latest retail trends have ...
- Amazon Go: Four things retailers can learn July 26, 2018 Since Amazon first introduced its “just walk out” payment technology earlier this year, several other retailers have announced plans for similar platforms. Source: www.chainstoreage.com Since Amazon first introduced its “just walk out” ...
- Rebranded Kadabra Deploys Kiosk That’s Basically an Amazon Locker for Food July 12, 2018 Sometimes it’s just easier to let people come to you. That seems to be the thinking as Kadabra (previously Veebie) debuts the second generation prototype of its cubby-filled kiosk. Unlike the… Source: ...
- Four Providers of Smart City Kiosks Named IDC Innovators | Business Wire July 12, 2018 A new IDC Innovators report profiles four providers that are considered key emerging vendors in the Smart City kiosks market. Source: www.businesswire.com FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–International Data Corporation (IDC) today published an IDC ...
- The “Artisan” Robot Baker Improves Productivity July 10, 2018 Some types of “artisan” bread, for example Italian bread loaves, are first proofed in an oven to cause the dough to rise and then are “scored” on top to create ...
- Predictive Analytics, As Your Customers Already Live in Future July 5, 2018Retailers have been apt at using data to make predictions, like using sales from previous years to estimate next year’s inventory, forecast sales – average cart size and items most ...
- McDonald’s, KFC, Panera, and more fast food chains that employ robots June 28, 2018 McDonald’s, KFC, Panera, and other fast food joints already have robot employees. Experts say that this automation won’t replace human workers. Instead, they say the bots fill a major labor ...
- Photos: Restaurant with robotic kitchen opens in Boston June 18, 2018 BOSTON — The world’s first restaurant with a robotic kitchen that cooks complex meals has opened. Spyce’s automated kitchen has seven cooking woks able to serve up to 200 meals ...
- #RBTE 2018 Video Interview: Graeme Derby, MD UK of Pyramid Computer June 11, 2018 Essential Retail chats to Pyramid Computer about the digitisation of the hospitality industry. Source: www.essentialretail.com Nice interview with Graeme Derby of Pyramid in UK discussing restaurants and adapting to customers.
- Private equity bosses took $200m out of Toys R Us and crashed the company, lifetime employees got $0 in severance / June 5, 2018 Private equity bosses took $200m out of Toys R Us and crashed the company, lifetime employees got $0 in severance Source: boingboing.net Comments: They deserve it. Toys r Us and toys.com lowballed the US toy ...
- Why Nordstrom Is Betting on High-Touch Tech May 29, 2018 No department-store chain has embraced technology more aggressively. But will tech help Nordstrom avoid the slump in higher-end retail? Source: fortune.com the 47,000-square-foot emporium is also a sophisticated shopping-tech laboratory—one of several ...
- Walmart drops mobile Scan & Go checkout May 16, 2018 Walmart is finding it harder than it may have originally anticipated to convince customers to adopt new tech and engage with the retailer through digital and mobile platforms. While consumers are ...
- Retailers Opt for Holistic Data Management to Create Best Shopping Experience for Their Customers May 11, 2018Retail chains, across the globe, capture enormous amount of data, on daily basis, providing them with excellent opportunities to understand the pulse of the market and acquire valuable insights. Applying ...
- Power Through The Retail Slump With This Brand New Benchmarking Tool May 11, 2018The table below shows five mass market fashion retailers in UK. It also plots the number of items with stripes per retailer according to price point. This comparison shows that Zalando ...
- Microsoft puts kiosks in Canadian Best Buys | FierceRetail May 7, 2018 Shoppers in eight Canadian Best Buys can now learn about and test products through Microsoft kiosks. In partnership with Advanced, the kiosks highlight Microsoft’s most popular software and hardware products ...
- The rise of the machine: Stores and restaurants turn to self-service kiosks – May 4, 2018 Self-service kiosks at McDonalds restaurants are part of a national trend toward automation at stores and restaurants driven by tech-savvy consumers and the ri… Source: buffalonews.com Net increase in jobs. US-built machines ...
- AMD Global Telemedicine Announces Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Platform for Healthcare Providers | Business Wire April 19, 2018 OnDemand Visit telehealth platform allows healthcare organizations to expand their service offerings and engage patients in a convenient way Source: www.businesswire.com In health news, onDemand for consumers announced in telehealth. Smart company.
- Amazon and Best Buy go in on smart Fire TV deal April 18, 2018 Best Buy will begin selling more than ten 4K and HD Fire TV Edition televisions models from Insignia, Best Buy’s in-house brand, and Toshiba. Source: www.usatoday.com A physical store is more important ...
- Barcoding 101 – How To Create Barcodes for Inventory | Best Inventory Management Software for Small Businesses April 16, 2018 The rate of generating revenue from your business is directly proportional to the efficiency of your Inventory management System. This article throws light on one of the vital components of ...
- Webinar: Uncover The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence In Consumer Goods and Related Industries April 16, 2018Join the free Webinar: Uncover The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence In Consumer Goods and Related Industries – Acuvate. Register now: https://acuvate.com/webinar/uncover-impact-artificial-intelligence-cpg-business/Source: acuvate.com
- How Retail Video Analytics Enhances Customer Experience | Product Engineering Blog | Video Analytics Blog | eInfochips April 16, 2018 Find out how video analytics help in enhancing customer experience of your retail store. Source: www.einfochips.com
- 6 Startups Selling Retail Automation Solutions with AI April 16, 2018 Amazon recently showcased the use of AI for retail automation. Startups are developing similar tech to turn retail jobs over to the machines. 6 AI startups. Source: www.nanalyze.com Earlier this year, autonomous ...
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