Automated Retail News by Retail Automation and CAKCEK

Automated Bar Cocktails – Tended Bar Coming to Denver

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Automated Cocktail Machine News From SportsTechie — TendedBar, the automated cocktail machine that uses facial recognition to process drink orders, will be implemented at Empower Field at Mile High for Denver Broncos homes games this upcoming NFL season. The stadium began using TendedBar at concerts earlier this summer in partnership with Aramark Sports + Entertainment and will debut TendedBar’s new digital age verification tool for Saturday’s Red… Read More »

Retail Payment Systems – OS Neutral Solutions

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OS-Neutral Payment Devices The next generation payment devices really don’t care what OS you are running. You could be running Flex, Linux, Android or Windows for that matter. You do need an Ethernet or Bluetooth connection though. Cloud payment systems have come a long way from Avalara and website e-commerce. Now cloud-based payment unifies mobile pay devices which… Read More »

EV Charging Stations – California Study Says Many Don’t Work

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EV Station Failures From BusinessInsider May 2022 Of the 657 open public DCFC CCS EVSEs evaluated in this study, 72.5% were functional at the time of testing while 27.5% were either not functional or the cable was too short to reach the EV inlet. The most common cause of a nonfunctional EVSE was an electrical systems failure which… Read More »

Verizon Pickup Lockers – BOPIS in 250 Stores Now

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Verizon Pickup Lockers News Noted on Benzinga — BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today’s consumers want convenience and Verizon continues to look at new and innovative ways to meet them when, where and how they want to be met. After the past two years, people have become familiar with a hybrid retail model known… Read More »

Pizza Delivery that Robots Cook On The Way

Robotic Pizza News Interesting concept by Stellar Pizza noted on the TheSpoon Apr 2022. Contact info@retailsystems.org for more info. In Brief Main problem addressed is rising food costs Selling direct to customers helps with that Working the dough is tough + all the permutations of ingredients Tsai used to work for SpaceX as engineer and loves food Ideal… Read More »

UK Retail Automation – Video Tour of Dr. Martens Shoe Store

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UK Retail Automation – Shoe Store Shows augmented reality shoe fitting and the large use of digital signage throughout the store. From LinkedIn. The UK has been a real hotbed of automation recently with age verification as well as lidar-equipped “just walk out” grocery stores. Almost time to visit London and see High Street transformation. Sam Kelly —… Read More »

Automated Coffee Brewing Panera Bread & Miso

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Coffee Automation News From CNBC – for more information contact info@retailsystems.org In Brief Addressing labor shortage by reducing the repetitious tasks necessary for employees Let employees do more meaningful tasks Ensure their coffee drinkers enjoy their coffee especially Unlimited Sip Club Unlimited coffee club is $8.99 a month for reference Two locations testing this out Paneras owns approximately… Read More »

ShopTalk 2022 Photo Tour Walk Round

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ShopTalk Trade Show 2022 One of our providers, UCP Inc., was kind enough to visit the recent ShopTalk show in Las Vegas. We note the next ShopTalk is in Europe or should we say the UK June 6. With all the “stuff” going on with supermarket “just walk out” technology pilots you might think that might be at… Read More »

Just Walk Out Check Out – Whole Foods Offers Amazon’s cashierless technology

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Just Walk Out Check Out News From supermarketnews Feb 2022 In Brief Another opening of Just Walk Out Checkout at Amazon Wholefoods, this time in DC “Just Walk out” turning into key phrase in tech circles Excerpt From Supermarket News Glover Park location is first Whole Foods store to offer Amazon’s cashierless technology On Wednesday, Whole Foods Market… Read More »

Food Robot Roundup – Delivery Robots & Robotic Food Assembly

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Delivery Robot Roundup Noted on TheSpoon – for more information email info@retailsystems.org In Brief Coco expanding from California to Austin, TX Coco makes a four-wheeled, cooler-sized robot that delivers food and beverages. Kiwibot — currently has 200 robots operating in 10 campuses. On track to expand to 1200 robots and 50 locations by the end of 2022. Jamba… Read More »