Costco has built its reputation on value-based bulk deals, and it’s an offering that keeps shoppers flocking to its stores. This deep-seated sentiment is confirmed by the retailer’s confidence, as evidenced during its recent fourth-quarter earnings call on Tuesday (Sept 26). Costco announced that its...
The Wall Street Journal reported last month (April 7) on the evolution of self-checkout systems, focusing on Uniqlo’s parent company, Fast Retailing, and its introduction of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology into the process. In stores where the system is implemented, shoppers can simply drop...
Mobile self-checkout, and specifically, scan and go, would seem a slam dunk for grocers. It has not worked out that way. All manner of retail is striving to embrace automated shopping, especially in brick-and-mortar settings. Merchants are streamlining the process of getting items into carts...
From self-checkout lanes and kiosks to fully autonomous stores, unattended retail is gaining momentum around the world. With this retail experience, merchants are able to accommodate a broad range of customer preferences while cutting back on labor costs and serving more customers in a shorter...
November 08, 2018
Cashierless payments are set to increasingly be part of the convenience store checkout model. To that end, 7-Eleven said earlier this week that is debuting scan-and-go options at 14 of its Dallas-based stores, with the goal of bringing that technology to additional locations through 2019. The Scan & Pay feature exists within the convenience store […]
August 01, 2018
Self-service technology is not exactly a new feature of commerce — consumers have seen variations of it in supermarkets for the better part of a decade, scan-and-go versions of it...
June 02, 2024
Lawmakers in California want to put some checks on the use of self-checkout. As a recent Wall Street Journal editorial noted, the state’s Senate has just passed a bill that would limit self-checkouts at supermarkets and drugstores. The legislation would change the current system — in which some stores have one worker manning several kiosks […]
March 28, 2019
With a recently opened “lab store” in Dallas, 7-Eleven is allowing customers to test out and purchase the newest innovations from the retailer. The location has technology that lets shoppers...
June 22, 2018
Dollar General’s new mobile app allows shoppers to use their smartphones to scan and pay for items in the store. According to news from Chain Store Age, the discount chain’s DG...
