Teaser Text -Walgreens’ digital efforts are paying off with record-setting results. Learn about the cutting-edge tech the retailer has in place to spur pharmacy sales and its plans to test a new store format in 2018.Click here to edit the content

Source: risnews.com

The gist is 20% of refills flow thru digital channels.  That seems low to me actually. Also the IVR system is more of initial blockage/delay for service the way it is set up and responds. 

Costas, Inc. (OTC:CSSI) wholly owned subsidiary, AuthentaCash, a division of AuthentaTrade Ltd. is now operational selling Cryptocoin Automated Teller Machines, referred to as Crypto Kiosks.Click here to edit the content

Source: globenewswire.com

According to  Statistica  there were 1,885 Bitcoin ATMs as of December 2017 globally. Cross-referencing with Coinradar.com, specific operating Crypto ATM’s as of 2017-12-29, were: 2005 (100%) Bitcoin (#BTC) ATMs,  699 (34.8%) ATMs w/ altcoins (#ALT) support, 662 (33%) Litecoin (#LTC) ATMs,  288 (14.3%), Ethereum(#ETH) ATMs, 156 (7.8%) Dash (#DASH) ATMs, 107 (5.3%) Bitcoin Cash (#BCH) ATMs, 10 (0.5%) Zcash (#ZEC) ATMs, 4 (0.2%) Dogecoin (DOGE) ATMs, 1 (0.1%) Monero (#XMR) ATMs, Totaling 3,933. We believe the market is highly underserved. Currently there are no known Ripple Coins (#XRM) to Costas.

Asda has become the first retailer in the UK to install a tower that works as an automated parcel vending machine, after a successful trial by parent company Walmart in the US.

Source: www.retailgazette.co.uk

Lockers and vending come to the UK

With intense competition from e-commerce, brick-and-mortar retailers have to offer a compelling reason to visit their stores beyond the product itself. Successful stores need to take the consumer experience seriously.”

Source: www.businesswire.com

Kiosk Industry Group Association Quarterly News – Washington, D.C., Meeting with Access Board and Summit Research Report on Self-Checkout

Source: www.newswire.com

This year was a banner year for consumers in China, as consumer confidence hit a 10-year high, and retail sales growth chugged along at an annual growth rate hovering around 10%. Here are some consumer trends we’re likely to see in the coming year.

Source: www.emarketer.com

China is a great lab testing ground.

This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.Amazon Go, the cashierless store design announced in late 2016, coincided with a flurry of Chinese tech companies to create their own versions of unmanned stores. For them, 2017 been a fruitful year in developing their solutions tailored for Chinese consumers as well as in educating the market.

Source: www.thebeijinger.com

The Chinese are not waiting around. The best of unmanned stores write-up is enlightening.

With technology transforming virtually every aspect of our lives, it should be noted that many of the innovations we’re now seeing have existed for decades in science fiction novels and television. The capacity to talk to a computer (and have it talk back) was a staple of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, where the Starfleet computer was voiced by Roddenberry’s wife, Majel. The 1970 movie Colossus: The Forbin Project featured a supercomputer that was intended to prevent war and proclaimed itself “the voice of World Control.” And before Google’s self-driving cars, the 1980s brought us KITT, an advanced artificially intelligent, self-aware, and nearly indestructible car from the TV show, Knight Rider.

Source: www.google.com

I can tell you right now that voice is a whole new animal. what people say is much different than what they write.

New custom gear kiosk concept give brick-and-mortar outdoor specialty retailers a new tool for the toolbox.

Source: www.snewsnet.com

Order your own custom product made in China