The unattended market, accounting for over $31 billion in the United States alone, is transforming the convenience commerce landscape and revolutionizing payment experiences in various settings such as offices, hotels, and universities. This trend has gained stronger momentum due to stringent health measures enacted during...
Global payments company Payroc has partnered with Ingenico, a point-of-sale payment service provider, to introduce the Ingenico Self/3000, an unattended payment device aimed at meeting growing demand in the self-service market. The Self/3000 is specifically designed for self-service settings and can be integrated into various businesses operating in vending, car...
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...
Omnichannel payment gateway Cardknox on Wednesday (Jan. 26) integrated with ID TECH’s VP6300 and the VP6800 self-service payment terminals to broaden its support of unattended retail, the companies announced in a joint press release. “With the growing demand for cashless and contactless payment options, self-service...
Aldi is piloting its first cashierless supermarkets open to the public in Greenwich, London, on Wednesday (Jan. 19) following a successful trial of the technology by Aldi’s employees over the past few months. The U.K.’s fifth-largest supermarket, Aldi’s new concept store, Aldi Shop&Go, enables customers...
In the face of today’s labor challenges, grocers are increasingly embracing self-service technologies to maximize efficiency every step of the way. Take Ahold Delhaize’s subsidiary The GIANT Company, for instance, which announced on Thursday (Dec. 16) that it is adding a small-format store equipped with...
Does unattended retail use Santa’s elves as labor at any point — and, if so, do they get regular candy cane breaks? Don’t laugh. It isn’t widely known, but the movie “Elf” started out as a documentary about conditions at a mystery polar “workshop” cloaked...
As much as the pandemic and societal circumstances have brought about an array of changes in the way we shop and transact, consumers themselves are also playing a driving role in redefining and reshaping the retail industry. That means embracing a series of digitally enabled...
The well-known proverb — necessity is the mother of invention, or in this case, “innovation” — has been the North Star guiding businesses as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. And for European retailer Selecta Group, whose business depended on vending machines located in places like...
