Cleveron robots automate Etisalat store
Estonian robotics company Cleveron helped UAE telco Etisalat set up an autonomous telecoms store in Dubai. Cleveron specialises in creating robotic parcel technology to automate last-kilometre click-and-collect operations. Cleveron [...]
Connected vending machines set for surge
The installed base of connected vending machines worldwide will reach 12.3 million by 2027, according to IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. The global installed base of connected vending machines [...]
Google applies genAI to McDonald’s outlets
Google is connecting cloud technology and applying generative AI across McDonald’s fast-food outlets worldwide. McDonald’s and Google have formed a multi-year, partnership to connect Google Cloud technology across thousands [...]
How to tempt shoppers to self-checkout
Tempting shoppers to use self-checkout can be a long process, according to John Chan, a product manager at Advantech, during the company’s World Partner Conference in Taipei this month. [...]
Honeywell AR makes shopping easier
Honeywell is using augmented reality to make shopping easier this holiday season. To optimise retail operations and efficiency, Honeywell has announced the latest release of its SwiftDecoder barcode-decoding software, [...]
Mastercard genAI browses digital catalogues
Mastercard subsidiary Dynamic Yield has announced a generative AI tool that helps consumers search for and discover products in a retailer’s digital catalogue. Called Shopping Muse, it recreates the [...]
Fossil to deploy NewStore mPoS in 19 countries
Lifestyle accessory company Fossil Group is deploying NewStore’s omnichannel mobile PoS platform across hundreds of locations in 19 countries. Massachusetts-based NewStore has a modular, mobile-first omnichannel cloud platform for [...]
Fully autonomous restaurant opens in California
What is said to be the world’s first fully-autonomous AI-powered restaurant is opening this month in California. Both grill and fry stations are fully automated, powered by proprietary artificial [...]
Tesco adds scan-free technology at self-checkout store
British supermarket chain Tesco has introduced scan-free technology on self-service tills at one of its stores in west London. Tesco is trialling the technology that means shoppers do not [...]
Towson University opens checkout-free store
Maryland’s Towson University has opened a checkout-free store made possible through a partnership between California-based Zippin and Atrium Campus. Called Tiger Express, located in West Village Commons, the store [...]
Carlsberg adopts IoT for real-time insight
Danish brewing group Carlsberg has adopted IoT to gain real-time insights into draught beer sales and early warning of technical issues. The adoption has been spurred by the phasing [...]
Very to personalise shopping with genAI
Online retailer The Very Group is adopting use of generative AI through a collaboration with Amazon Web Services. The UK based company is hoping to personalise online shopping services [...]
