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The advantages that brick and mortar have over online are not lost on people like Amazon building brick and mortar touchpoints. Still, advantage (for now) to conventional retail in the ground war.
CEO Jeff Bezos has dismissed reports that Amazon’s planning automated grocery stores, but online grocery shopping is gaining traction.
Source: www.marketwatch.com
Is the future of retail, three staff members and an army of robots? There are already plans in the works at Amazon to put this into action.
Source: www.entrepreneurmag.co.za
Secure delivery and return of packages may have gotten a little easier with the addition of lockers in public locations. Amazon and UPS have installed lockers that can be used
Source: lancasteronline.com
What do you get when you combine Internet of Things devices, an overworked network, and an over abundance of seafood-related domain searches? A university attacked by its own malware-infected conne…
Source: google.com
According to USA Technologies, with the advent of cashless/mobile payments, the self-service retail game is getting a lot easier to play.
Source: www.pymnts.com
CIO Mike McNamara explains why “less is more in tech” at Retail’s BIG Show.
Source: nrf.com
ex-Tesco now Target CIO gives 30 minute talk on technology and what works (and what doesn’t)
A Nike Store in Paris unveiled a new in-store machine which allows customers to test custom colors on sneakers using augmented reality.
Source: www.digitaltrends.com
Accenture said that the company replaced 17,000 jobs with automation, streamlining processes and boosting productivity without laying off a single employee.
Source: thestack.com
Samsung, an innovative leader in consumer electronics, mobile devices and enterprise solutions, has rolled out a 200-retail location endless aisle pro
Source: www.businesswire.com
The project is a win-win for Samsung and the third-party retailers as these retailers are able to transact through their own point-of-sale system which increases their bottom line.
