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With this new store, Target is embracing a strategy that diversifies the store experience to appeal to different types of shoppers, and these new features give us a hint at where the mass merchant’s priorities are. In particular — with grocery.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Retail Automation Market Worth $19.17 Billion by 2025 | CAGR: 8.7%: Grand View Research, Inc.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Swyft, Inc. announced the strategic acquisition of NewZoom LLC (ZoomSystems), the global leader in automate
Source: markets.businessinsider.com
The ZoomSystems automated retail stores for Best Buy, Benefit Cosmetics, Nespresso, Proactiv, UNIQLO and other iconic brands reach millions of consumers each day across North America and Europe. ZoomSystems provides brands and retailers an end-to-end solution, which includes access to thousands of locations in airports, malls and other high-traffic channels. Swyft has been operating in Japan, the world’s largest vending market per population, China, Australia, and recently launched in North America with several high-profile Fortune 100 companies.
This is the first issue of AR Tech World (ARTW). Welcome! AR Tech World is a digest of the most relevant tech news related to Augmented Reality and other related Immersive Technologies. I will be presenting an overview as well as my own commentary and analysis on features, specs, and viability. My g
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The only way for automation and AI to make a meaningful impact on a business is to incorporate them in ways that interest customers and make the shopping experience more entertaining.
Source: www.forbes.com
Good read. Automation and AI are going to help physical retail achieve less friction for sure
Founded in 1880, Ohtake Noodle Machine is a family-run company that designs and manufactures noodle-making machines sold to food manufacturers all over the world. They creating a digital roadmap to help improve customers’ efficiency creating products, like packaged ramen.
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Not a bad idea. Parallel to Whole Foods is pretty much intact. Good real estate.
Customer-facing kiosks are taking on a new look, and providing retailers, restaurants and other businesses with new functions, such as sizing up potential customers.
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“With PayPoint Plus, Elo gives retailers the best of both worlds by combining the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of a mobile architecture with the retail-hardened durability our POS solutions are known for,” said Craig Witsoe, CEO at Elo. “Retailers integrating mPOS solutions such as the PayPoint Plus will impress shoppers and maintain a competitive advantage through the intuitive customer experience.”
Source: markets.businessinsider.com
Visa is launching a new authentication solutions platform for its partners, and Daon is providing its biometri
Source: findbiometrics.com
This is a first
Source: www.theverge.com
It’s a lot easier to just showcase a small number of products on hand and direct people to the online Google Store, even if that’s not the ideal experience for a customer that’s ready to buy something on the spot. In fact, that point of friction risks losing the sale once the customer leaves the store.
It seems that Google is now up to the challenge of stepping more directly into physical retail.
