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The exterior of the Penny store in Kwartier Latäng features striking...

#brick and mortar retail #customer experience

Penny in Cologne's Latäng Quarter: A special store design with Cologne flair

How the Penny store combines local ties and modern design

The global state of autonomous stores

The stores are located in various retail segments such as food retail, fashion, electronics, convenience stores and fast food.

New smartstore with glass front and wooden cladding from the outside....

#customer satisfaction #self-checkout systems

Smart Store: Two customer needs with one store opening

First "Rewe ready" without checkouts, but with a special location

Entrance of ALDI SHOP & GO in Greenwich, UK

#brick and mortar retail #digitization

EuroShop 2023 – Are autonomous stores the future of retail?

Checkout-free stores: Ringing in the changes

#brick and mortar retail #epos systems

Checkout: Taste for customers and retailers

The variety of solutions and their possibilities

Alexander Eissing, Managing Director of Livello GmbH, at a vending machine...

#retail #digitization

Practical buying, automatic selling

Interview with Alexander Eissing, Managing Director of Livello GmbH, about modern vending machines and their cross-sector future

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#Tech in Retail #artificial intelligence

Revenues from robotics deployed in retail stores expected to grow

In-store mobile robotics, contactless checkout, wearables, and smart carts enhance operations

Matthias Groß from iXtenso in an interview with Nico Karges from Zucchetti...

#Tech in Retail #artificial intelligence

Automated stores: the path to the future

Intelligent checkout and shelf systems at EuroCIS 2022

Green and red chili peppers fall out of a paper bag onto a table; copyright:...

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Smart Stores: Fast shopping on the go

Live from EuroCIS: The kitchen help among stores

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01.04.2022 #mobile payment #Tech in Retail

EuroCIS 2022: Trending topics and innovations concerning Retail Technology

Customer Centricity, Analytics, Payment, Connected Retail and Seamless Store

EuroCIS, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, held from 31 May to 2 June 2022 in Halls 9 and 10 of Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre is the international communication forum for innovations and trend themes, especially for technology in the ...

16.03.2022 #digitization #self-checkout systems

Scan & Go: Attractive marketing tool and queue stopper

Tune in NOW! – Webtalk "retail salsa" about scanning solutions

Scan the goods yourself with your smartphone: This is the new freedom for customers. No more cumbersome “out of the cart, onto the conveyor belt, and back down again”. Goodbye to queues. This is not just a hot topic because there’s ...

07.02.2022 #brick and mortar retail #Tech in Retail

"Amazon Go" or "Amazon No"?

Our iXtenso editor tested a “just-walk-out store” from Amazon in Chicago

Is Amazon's ambitious "Amazon Go" project quietly going under? Or is it about to catch on and become ubiquitous? I tried to find answers to these questions at a store in Chicago. ...

25.01.2022 #mobile payment #Tech in Retail

Aldi opens checkout-free concept store for public testing

Aldi, the UK’s fifth largest supermarket, has opened its first checkout-free store in London

The Aldi Shop&Go concept store in Greenwich opened last week for public testing, having been tested by Aldi colleagues in recent months.The new trial store, which is situated on Greenwich High Street, allows customers to complete their shop ...

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28.12.2021 #brick and mortar retail #Tech in Retail

Sainsbury’s introduces contactless, checkout-free shopping with SmartShop Pick & Go

New initiative available at Holborn Circus using Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology

Sainsbury’s is launching a new in-store digital innovation with a contactless, checkout-free way to shop. Building on the success of SmartShop, which grew 173% last year, SmartShop Pick & Go is using Amazon’s Just Walk Out ...

24.12.2021 #retail #Tech in Retail

2022 predictions: more checkout-free stores, more competion for Amazon

GlobalData predicts rapid international expansion for checkout-free stores, more non-food stores and increased competition for Amazon

Also known as ‘ambient commerce’, checkout-free shopping allows customers to walk straight out with the items they want, as a range of technology tracks their movements and automatically charges their accounts. According to company ...

18.12.2021 #Tech in Retail #customer experience

Israeli companies cooperate on smart shopping carts

Supermarket chain Machsanei Hashuk integrates solution by WalkOut for intelligent shopping carts

The Israeli company WalkOut, the developer of an autonomous end-to-end frictionless shopping solution, announces an extensive cooperation agreement with Machsanei Hashuk, one of the largest supermarket chains in Israel. As part of the ...

16.12.2021 #brick and mortar retail #multichannel commerce

retail trends December/2021 (German)

Experiences and reports from the retail industry

In our latest retail trends, we take a particularly practical approach: our editors provide insights into the experiences they have made in different stores, and we also look at social commerce and store design.You can find our retail trends as an ...

28.10.2021 #food retail #app

Tesco opens new checkout-free store ‘GetGo’

Shopping and paying without scanning products or using checkouts

Tesco has opened its first checkout-free store in central London on October 19th, giving customers the opportunity to shop and pay without scanning a product or using a checkout. This new store trial, GetGo, offers customers the same Tesco products ...

26.10.2021 #omnichannel #food retail

Instacart acquires Caper AI

Smart cart and smart checkout technologies

Instacart announced its acquisition of Caper AI (“Caper”), an AI-powered shopping cart and checkout technology platform. With this acquisition, Instacart aims to help retailers unify the in-store and online shopping experience for ...

21.10.2021 #food retail #refrigeration cabinets

The first cashier-free supermarket inaugurated in Dubai

Unmanned stores with remote-controlled counters

“The world of retail is evolving and digital transformation will be the engine of change. Customers are increasingly demanding and they are asking for a fast, pleasant and safe shopping experience. The innovation will support retailers in this ...

31.05.2021 #Tech in Retail #self-checkout systems

The smart store revolution is heating up!

What makes unmanned 24/7 store concepts so appealing?

Whether unmanned stores, vending machines or hybrid solutions – automated smart stores have evolved from mere sounding balloons into genuine shopping alternatives. Even in Germany, where new technologies are initially viewed critically by ...

19.04.2021 #Tech in Retail #app

Unmanned stores: One idea, many concepts

How can customers shop 24/7?

Shopping, around the clock, without staff, with self-checkout option – the idea behind unmanned stores is always the same, the approach can be different.The company Wanzl has developed various concepts. iXtenso took a look at them at ...

15.03.2021 #brick and mortar retail #customer experience

First Amazon grocery store opening in Britain

Young shoppers interested in skipping checkout lines with cashier-less tech

With the first Amazon grocery store opening in Britain, latest research from Mintel reveals that three quarters (76%) of Brits say they would shop at one.When asked what would encourage them to shop at a physical Amazon grocery store, almost two ...

17.02.2021 #Tech in Retail #self-checkout systems

Checkout-free hotel convenience store in Yokohama, Japan

Using biometric authentication technology

Zippin announced the launch of its latest retail format: a hotel convenience store. Zippin's partner, Fujitsu, the leading systems integrator in Japan, has worked with Koyo Group to implement the world's first checkout-free store within a ...

07.09.2020 #app #self-checkout systems

Checkout-free service at Giant Eagle’s GetGo Café+Market store

Retrofitting an existing store

Grabango announced the launch of commercial service with one of its retail partners, Giant Eagle, Inc, owner of GetGo Café+Market. Grabango’s checkout-free system is now available to save shoppers time by letting them skip the line. The ...

14.08.2020 #video surveillance #video cameras

World’s first convenience store retrofitted with AI technology

Standard Cognition to provide Circle K with autonomous checkout

Standard (“Standard Cognition”) announced that Alimentation Couche-Tard, a company that operates close to 14,500 convenience stores worldwide, including under the global brand Circle K, has selected Standard to pilot touchless, ...

30.03.2020 #POS systems #cashpoints

Saving time and money: More POS systems

Saving you time, energy, and space – Traditional checkouts are so yesterday. "Multi Device" is the new way to go

Mobile or hybrid point-of-sale systems are the latest must-have technology and a major trend right now. Rolf Thomann, CEO of the Swiss company 4POS AG explains why retailers increasingly rely on them and describes the many key features and ...

11.02.2020 #brick and mortar retail #app

7-Eleven pilots cashierless store concept

First cashierless store opens at company headquarters

7-Eleven, Inc. is pushing the technological envelope once again, testing a cashierless store at its corporate headquarters, in Irving, Texas. During the pilot, the 700-square-foot non-traditional store is available to 7-Eleven employees."Retail ...

24.01.2020 #online trading #e-commerce

“AI starts with AI”

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) supports the retail industry

When we shop, many of us are unaware that artificial intelligence helps retailers – in both online and offline settings – more often than we realize. One who is intimately involved in this process along with his Research Center is ...

01.10.2019 #mobile payment #epos systems

When customers become cashiers

Treading a fine line between traditional and visionary, between checkouts and codes

For years, we have done this in online stores: we fill our shopping cart, click to pay and are excited about our purchase. Thanks to the snabble app - now available at the Knauber Hobbymarkt in Bonn and at IKEA in Frankfurt – consumers can ...

30.09.2019 #mobile payment #app

The iXtenso editors tested self-scanning ...

... with an app of the Hobbymarkt Knauber in Bonn, Germany

Snabble has developed a payment app that allows customers to scan their purchases in retail stores and pay online. I wondered: How does it work?The app is in use in the Bonn DIY and hobby market Knauber, among other places. Let’s make a move ...

30.08.2019 #brick and mortar retail #mobile payment

Strategic partnership in Brazil for new checkout-free stores

Zippin and Lojas Americanas: national roll-out underway

Zippin announced it has entered a strategic partnership with Brazil's largest retailer, Lojas Americanas S.A., to deploy its checkout-free technology in stores across the country. Though its innovation vertical, "IF – ...

26.08.2019 #mobile payment #app

App creates personalised shopping experience

The Swiss trading company Valora is opening its first cashless convenience store

The goods are chosen, scanned and paid for using the avec smartphone app. Mobile computer vision specialists Scandit’s scan engine is a key component of the customer-facing app. The future of shopping - whether online or offline - is ...

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