As the food service industry looks for ways to meet demand amid ongoing labor challenges, many companies are turning to automated channels to boost their capacity. Mini Melts, for its part, a beaded ice cream brand with locations in many nontraditional venues such as zoos,...
New forms of catering have emerged in response to the rise of hybrid working. In a system where everyone’s work hours are in a fixed and shared location, predictable catering solutions make a lot of sense. But in the more dynamic reality of 2023, it...
Drug store chain Walgreens is expanding a system of huge fulfillment centers — some as large as a city block — where robots package prescriptions for patients, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Oct. 2). The system cuts the workload on pharmacists by about 25%...
As restaurants look to navigate their ongoing labor challenges, many are leveraging the rise of tech-powered ordering channels to create new dining experiences. Chicago-based Asian-style restaurant brand Wow Bao, for one, which is available via hundreds of virtual locations in addition to a handful of...
August 09, 2019
Kiosks. Intelligent cabinets. Cashless stores. Retailers must embrace automation, as Tim Moran, senior vice president of product and marketing at Worldnet, tells PYMNTS. But certain verticals need finesse rather than a “big bang” approach to automating the customer journey – and maybe a hybrid model that blends the online and brick-and-mortar experiences.
July 11, 2019
Automated retail is bifurcated between in-store, brick and mortar efforts as seen with Amazon Go and on the opposite end of the spectrum, cabinets. Worldnet CEO and Co-Founder Will Byrne...
June 25, 2019
Automation is critical in helping retailers offer a fast and frictionless commerce experience. John Clarke, chief innovation officer and co-founder at Worldnet Payments, explains how automated retail can have a positive...
October 02, 2022
Drug store chain Walgreens is expanding a system of huge fulfillment centers — some as large as a city block — where robots package prescriptions for patients, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Oct. 2). The system cuts the workload on pharmacists by about 25% and will save the company about $1 billion annually, the […]
November 16, 2021
London is opening the first market outside of the U.S. to use Amazon’s white-labeled Just Walk Out technology, Bloomberg reported Monday (Nov. 15), citing sources who said that Amazon Sainsbury’s...
May 17, 2021
Redbox, which operates a nationwide network of entertainment kiosks, said on Monday (May 17) that it has entered into a definitive deal to merge with publicly traded special-purpose acquisition company...
October 19, 2020
Silicon Valley checkout-free, autonomous retail startup AiFi has secured a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $30 million, the company said in a press release on Monday...
