The promise of frictionless retail through self-checkout once faltered, but a new wave of smart, unattended solutions is now poised to redefine consumer commerce and address long-standing industry challenges, according to a recent PYMNTS report. Initial self-checkout systems, envisioned as a seamless alternative, became a...
Inventory keeps retailers in business. Inventory keeps consumers loyal to their preferred to merchants. Inventory makes impulse buying possible and keeps sales flowing. Inventory has also, for a long time, been a bit of a hit-or-miss proposition — merchants might have too much stock on...
Retailers’ desire for greater efficiency and for solutions to shrink is helping drive sales of digital commerce solutions, NCR Voyix reported Thursday (Feb. 27). “Shrink continues to be a significant issue in grocery or any self-checkout environment,” Darren Wilson, executive vice president and president, retail...
Self-serve commerce has come a long way since the concept was introduced almost 40 years ago by a company called CheckRobot. Developers back then were years away from being able to leverage the modern Internet and still decades away from artificial intelligence (AI), but the...
July 18, 2025
The promise of frictionless retail through self-checkout once faltered, but a new wave of smart, unattended solutions is now poised to redefine consumer commerce and address long-standing industry challenges, according to a recent PYMNTS report. Initial self-checkout systems, envisioned as a seamless alternative, became a “cautionary tale,” creating a “widening rift between efficiency and security.” […]
April 08, 2025
Inventory keeps retailers in business. Inventory keeps consumers loyal to their preferred to merchants. Inventory makes impulse buying possible and keeps sales flowing. Inventory has also, for a long time,...
February 20, 2025
Self-serve commerce has come a long way since the concept was introduced almost 40 years ago by a company called CheckRobot. Developers back then were years away from being able...
October 14, 2024
They say you eat with your eyes first. The same can be said of in-store experiences for consumers. DGS Retail’s recent acquisition of SMS Display Group and its rebranding to...
February 27, 2025
Retailers’ desire for greater efficiency and for solutions to shrink is helping drive sales of digital commerce solutions, NCR Voyix reported Thursday (Feb. 27). “Shrink continues to be a significant issue in grocery or any self-checkout environment,” Darren Wilson, executive vice president and president, retail and payments at NCR Voyix, said Thursday during the company’s […]
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...
May 29, 2024
Walmart reportedly encountered a pricing issue that affected 1,600 of its stores across the United States in March. The internal system failure resulted in widespread mispricing, with some items being...
May 23, 2024
365 Retail Markets has acquired Impulsify, saying the move will pave the way for 365 to supply more self-service retail experiences. The acquisition adds Impulsify’s self-service retail outlets for hotel chains and...
