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Associated Wholesale Grocers Streamlines Member Access to Instacart Delivery and Smart Carts

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Cooperative food wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) , which serves independently owned supermarkets, has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer ecommerce and same-day delivery solutions as well as smart cart technology to its member retailers.

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Opinion: An Unvarnished Review of the Smart Cart Shopping Experience

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Smart shopping carts are [an easy way for] retailers to dip their toes into [autonomous checkout]. There’s a lower barrier to entry compared to a whole-store autonomous implementation, but smart carts have similar technologies — they still use computer vision and AI and many have weight scales to weigh loose produce.

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Computer Vision and AI: the new weapon against shoplifters

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At EuroCIS 2024 in Düsseldorf exhibitors will demonstrate how far this technology has already come. The camera points at the scan area of the self-checkout terminal. This software establishes the probability of a correct scan process for each shopping cart using a scoring algorithm.

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Upgraded Amazon Smart Carts are Rolling into Whole Foods

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Amazon has unveiled a new and improved version of its smart shopping cart — called the Dash Cart — and plans to roll out the carts at select Whole Foods Market stores for the first time. First deployed in 2020 , Dash Carts are already available at many Amazon Fresh stores across the U.S.

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Why Two Cannabis Retailers are High on In-Store Tech and Innovative Design

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Through an interactive activation , attendees can venture through the shopping experience and see how the brands combine high-touch service and immersive technology to better serve consumers. Everything from the millwork to the fixtures and technology drive a brand story. Plus, the interactive RFID stations are a ‘must-see.’

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How a Reactive Omnichannel Strategy can Help you Capitalize on Reactive Buying Trends

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Research from BigCommerce conducted in partnership with Klarna revealed that 17% of consumers admitted to abandoning items already in their online shopping cart once a week, and 21% did so even more frequently. From cybersecurity to ecommerce, digital to mobile, she has touched every aspect of today’s technology landscape.

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NBCU Exclusive: What One of the World’s Biggest Media Companies Sees Ahead for Retail

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Personalization is More Important Than Ever Solution: Leverage Data to Know Your Consumer Offering consumers this level of personalized connection and support is enabled (and perhaps in some ways even being driven) by technological advancements that have made it possible to understand and engage with consumers one-to-one, at scale.

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