On the occasion of EuroCIS 2024, the Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, you will find news and insights on all the solutions and innovations that are causing a stir in the retail technology industry. These include topics such as AI and machine learning, payment, connected retail, seamless store and smart energy management and many more.
Shopping today is more diverse than ever, and customers expect a comprehensive experience, not only at home or on the go when shopping online, but also directly in the store. The boundaries between offline and online are becoming increasingly ...
More and more technology is finding its way into our supermarkets. Already today, self-service checkouts, electronic shelf labels and virtual wayfinding guides are a familiar sight in many stores. But the customer experience usually doesn't ...
As the world emerges from the global pandemic, retail is growing at levels not seen in the last two decades. Retail sales grew by 7% in 2020 and by over 14% in 2021, which is in stark contrast to the 3.7% annual growth between 2010 and 2019. The ...
In an industry first, Tesco has become the first retailer to launch a zero-emission electric lorry to make deliveries from its distribution centres to stores in city centres. ...
"Creating a bridge between the product and the shopper" – that’s how one interviewee describes the goal of their marketing efforts. These diverse activities range from talking robots to virtual stores to treasure hunts. ...
With the retention and engagement crises arise, the retail industry is looking for a remedy. Customer experience has become an important factor for success in retailing. Gamification appears to be a go-to tactic to enhance sales, brand awareness, ...
At the past trade fair in Düsseldorf, Zucchetti presented intelligent checkout and shelf systems for the store of tomorrow. Even if the technology is currently still in its infancy – the theoretical possibilities are pioneering.Nico ...
Apple has previewed Apple Brompton Road, its newest store in London, located in the city’s bustling Knightsbridge neighborhood. A stone’s throw from Hyde Park, Apple Brompton Road features design inspiration drawn from local flora, along ...
PFS, an eCommerce order fulfillment provider, announced a partnership with Vimaan, a technology provider delivering computer vision-enabled solutions for warehouse inventory tracking, control and management.Initially, PFS is integrating ...
Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription-only medicines by uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) – commonly known as drones. The leading health and beauty retailer has already completed a test flight ...
Sodexo Live!, hospitality partner to the San Diego Convention Center, was teaming up with Tortoise to launch the first-ever mobile vending robot in a convention center.The custom-wrapped mobile smart store was available to attendees during ...
Last fall, we shared how we’re testing new store models in Charlotte, North Carolina and how all of them work together to meet our customers’ varied and changing needs. Now we’re introducing another piece to that pilot: our first ...
Large product selection, short delivery times, availability anytime, anywhere. Customer demands have changed with the booming e-commerce business. Retailers have to react flexibly and still think about their brick-and-mortar business. ...
What works in grocery retail also works in other industries, right? That's what the brains behind fulfillmenttools asked themselves and found a clear answer: Yes! ...
With integration online and in physical Swiss Sense stores, the MQ Fit solution enables highly personalized shopping experience on every sales channel and offers precise product recommendations, making it easier for consumers to find their perfect ...
Equipped with an Apple device and the NewStore Associate App, store associates can optimally stand by their customers' side on the shop floor without having to leave their side, NewStore promises.NewStore's cloud solution offers ...
A.S. Watson, an international health and beauty retailer, injects an additional HK$900 million in technology this year to accelerate digital transformation and delivery of its O+O platform strategy. Key technology focus areas include heavy up ...
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the cumulative merchant losses to online payment fraud globally between 2023 and 2027 will exceed $343 billion. As a comparison, this equates to over 350% of Apple’s reported net income in the ...
Smart shopping trolleys offer various advantages not only to customers but also to retailers. This was proven by the great interest in and selection of such technologies during EuroCIS 2022. With the SmartShopper, Expresso has launched its own ...
The pandemic brought the rise of contactless solutions – not exclusively, but also for sales and payment. One of these solutions are vending machines.Since vending machines and payment go hand in hand, we grabbed both Moritz Haendel, Managing ...
Automated loudspeaker systems and access controls can fulfil a wide variety of functions – from goods security to employee control to monitoring of business premises. Axis Communications develops such systems. At EuroCIS 2022, we spoke ...
POPL - a burger bar that originally started as a Noma pop-up concept back in 2020. A pop-up that exceeded all expectations, as they attracted long queues and enthusiastic reviews. The burgers quickly became known as the "Noma burger", and ...
Swedish tech company, ieye is harnessing the power of Sony technology to develop the world's most digitised optics chain, refashioning the traditional optics industry with its rapidly growing network of convenient pop-up eye testing ...
Two big goals retailers have today are a) to provide a convenient checkout experience and b) to minimize loss and theft. Advanced computer vision technologies are designed to help achieve both goals. ...
We believe the closest store to our customers is in their pocket, and we are focused on making that always-on experience as easy, engaging and personalized as possible. We now announce two brand-new augmented reality (AR) features on the Walmart ...
BRC has published a new “Step-by-Step Guide to Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction in the Retail Industry”, produced as part of the BRC Climate Action Roadmap.Figures from the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy ...
In online retail, a well-developed and easy-to-use product search is essential for customers. For a high level of convenience and optimal results, this now includes visual search. This means that users can search for similar items using images of ...
Dronedek Founder and CEO Dan O'Toole fields dozens of contacts each week from organizations interested in working with his company, which is one of the first in the world to offer a secure, smart mailbox designed for autonomous deliveries. ...
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a powerful tool in stock management. It opens up completely new possibilities for retailers in stock optimisation. Alan Tamny, Global General Manager at Mainetti, describes exactly what the technology can do ...
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announced it will deploy more than 10,000 Mashgin Touchless Checkout Systems branded as "Smart Checkout," to over 7,000 of its Circle K and Couche-Tard stores during the next three years. The AI-powered ...
After last year’s trip to Chicago, and its eventually successful search for an Amazon ‘Go’, iXtenso again had the chance to test the cutting edge of America’s continual evolution into grocery retailing. Astute iXtenso ...
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments will reach $1.2 trillion globally by 2027; rising from $332 billion in 2022. These transactions use biometrics, typically facial ...
The retail experience is rapidly changing and we see increasing customer expectations for broad choice and exceptional convenience. Customers expect retail experiences that are smooth, creative and fun while also catering to their individual, unique ...
After one and a half years of successful webtalks in the format "retail salsa – Spice up your Community", we took the EuroCIS 2022, which took place again from 31.05.-02.06. after a pandemic break, as an opportunity to organize the ...
EuroCIS 2022, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, has drawn to a close on Thursday (2 June 2022) in Düsseldorf with very good results. With its ranges it impressively underlined how the past two pandemic years...
On May 31, EuroCIS 2022 starts in Düsseldorf – the leading trade fair for retail technology and a place where industry giants and start-ups meet.We from the iXtenso team will be there live with you and for you. Join us in this ...
A pinch of digital, a spoonful of interaction, and a touch of networking – and the customer journey in your store becomes a full-bodied taste experience. Interactive touchpoints add the necessary zing, because commerce no longer takes place ...
Shopping when you want - that is every customer's dream. To enable retailers to fulfil this wish for their customers, Knapp Smart Solutions has developed a fully automated robot system. This way, retailers can reach their customers even outside ...
Sometimes you have to be flexible: In the pandemic, the catering industry had to switch from conventional receipts to sticky receipts. Bixolon was at the forefront as a supplier. The company supports its customers with its entire range of printers - ...
Have classic cash drawers had their day? No way! Especially in a recession, they are more important than ever, because customers prefer to rely on cash rather than contactless payment. APG presents a variety of solutions for payment transactions ...
If you want to personalize retail, you can no longer avoid ESL and digital signage. As a provider of ESL and digital signage solutions, Hanshow is very familiar with the digital transformation. At EuroCIS we talk with them about the digital ...
You know when you try a dish and you’re missing that certain something to make it really delicious? That is how your clientele may feel when they find out that, “This item is unavailable, out of stock, or available at another ...
Hungry for a delicious dish, but not much time? Using a food processor saves time here and offers endless possibilities to satisfy your appetite. It’s the same with Smart Stores: scan the goods and pack them without having to stand in line. Or ...
The cash drawer, in varying forms, has been a core component of the retail business for as long as people have exchanged money for goods. Any business accepting hard currency needs one but choosing the best cash drawer requires planning, ...
Retailers are increasing their IT budgets and allotting a bigger portion of those budgets to innovation. They are investing in cloud-based and automation solutions to replace aging technology to meet customer demand for omnichannel experiences and ...
The Berlin-based company Garamantis has equipped a luxury watch store in Hong Kong with gesture control for product viewing. The technology allows the valuable watches to be viewed from all sides without having to touch them - important aspects in ...
On 18.5.2022 it was time again: The webtalk format of iXtenso and EuroShop went into the next round! Despite the small ingredient ESL, the new "retail salsa" showed what an all-rounder electronic price labels can be when it comes to use in ...
