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Amazon Licenses Just Walk Out Tech in Battle for Grocery Stores’ Loyalty
Amazon // April 17, 2024

Amazon is pushing sales of its Just Walk Out technology even as it pulls back on the checkout system in its own grocery stores, a move that comes as tech giants compete to own the Click-and-Mortar™ grocery experience. The company recently shifted away from the...

Amazon and Walmart Rethink Self-Checkout to Manage Costs
Retail // April 05, 2024

As retailers look to find the right combination of technology and human labor to boost their profit margins, Amazon and Walmart have both made changes to how they approach self-checkout in stores. Amazon is replacing its Just Walk Out technology at Amazon Fresh stores with its smart shopping cart, the Amazon Dash Cart. “We’ve …...

Amazon Fresh to Replace ‘Just Walk Out’ With Smart Carts
Amazon // April 02, 2024

As it redesigns its Amazon Fresh stores, Amazon is removing its Just Walk Out technology. That technology will be replaced by the company’s smart shopping cart, the Amazon Dash Cart, Jessica Martin, Amazon spokesperson, said in a statement emailed to PYMNTS Tuesday (April 2). The...

Retailers Expand Smart Cart Adoption to Boost Self-Checkout and Lower Theft
Retail // March 26, 2024

Across continents, more retailers are adopting smart carts to lower their labor costs without driving up shrink. Instacart and Associated Wholesale Growers (AWG) shared Monday (March 25) that they have expanded their partnership to offer more direct access to the former’s eCommerce and same-day delivery solutions across the latter’s member...

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Amazon and Walmart Rethink Self-Checkout to Manage Costs

April 05, 2024
As retailers look to find the right combination of technology and human labor to boost their profit margins, Amazon and Walmart have both made changes to how they approach self-checkout in stores. Amazon is replacing its Just Walk Out technology at Amazon Fresh stores with its smart shopping cart, the Amazon Dash Cart. “We’ve … heard from customers that while they enjoyed the benefit of […]

Instacart Brings Digital Marketing to Brick-and-Mortar as CPG Ads Get Smarter

January 08, 2024
With grocery brands looking for more personalized, targeted ways to reach shoppers, Instacart is enabling in-store digital marketing with smart cart advertising. The grocery aggregator announced Monday (Jan. 8) that...

Putting The Smarts In Grocery Store Shopping Carts

September 20, 2019
Grocery store operators — no matter if it is that small store on the corner or that sprawling location near the strip mall — are engaged in an existential fight...

Can Smart Carts Make Grocery Stores Smarter?

January 22, 2019
The shopping cart has been a part of the grocery store checkout experience for nearly 152 years. It’s first use is attributed to a Midwest grocer, Humpty Dumpty. Its owner...

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Amazon Fresh to Replace ‘Just Walk Out’ With Smart Carts

April 02, 2024
As it redesigns its Amazon Fresh stores, Amazon is removing its Just Walk Out technology. That technology will be replaced by the company’s smart shopping cart, the Amazon Dash Cart, Jessica Martin, Amazon spokesperson, said in a statement emailed to PYMNTS Tuesday (April 2). The company has redesigned a number of Amazon Fresh stores over […]

Instacart Expands Smart Cart Program Via Geissler’s Partnership

November 02, 2023
Instacart is expanding its AI-powered smart cart program through a new partnership with Geissler’s Supermarkets. The collaboration, announced in a news release provided to PYMNTS Thursday (Nov. 2), will bring Instacart’s Caper...