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Walgreens Exec: Operational Excellence Makes 1-Hour Delivery Promise a Reality

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But it’s how those stores operate that allows them to effectively serve as fulfillment hubs. Then we just launched, at the beginning of May 2023, our one-hour delivery or it’s free guarantee. We’ve pushed our operations teams to deliver even faster, and we’ve seen that average pick times have dropped below 15 minutes for 95% of orders.”

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5 Trends from NRF 2023 That Retailers Can’t Ignore

Retail TouchPoints

It was amazing to be back in NYC for NRF 2023, and this year’s event did not disappoint. This remains a $50 million to $100 million opportunity for most $5B+ retailers in 2023, and too few non-grocers are pursuing it as a solution. For example, Amazon announced a new drug subscription service for Prime members, RxPass.

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Vitamin Shoppe Deploys Mobile-First POS and Unified Promo Solutions

Retail TouchPoints

The Vitamin Shoppe will update its point-of-sale and promotions capabilities chainwide with solutions from Jumpmind. In May 2023, The Vitamin Shoppe went private and named Lee Wright , who had been serving as Interim CEO, the top job on a permanent basis.

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Target Rolls Out 10-Item Self-Checkout Limit Chainwide

Retail TouchPoints

The 2023 pilot showed that the self-checkout experience was twice as fast at stores with the Express model compared to those without. “By Despite some consumer and retailer complaints about self-checkout , the technology is well entrenched in retail store operations.

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Technology trends in the retail industry for 2023

iVend

In retail, 2023 is set to still be a time of challenge and flux as the world recovers from the disruption of the pandemic. But the challenge for retailers is how to provide this personalisation at scale , without compromising efficient operation and growth. Five key technology trends in the retail industry for 2023.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

Trend 2: Technology will Elevate Omnichannel Performance and Key Value Props Nearly two-thirds ( 63% ) of respondents to Retail TouchPoints’ annual Store Design & Experience Survey shared that better integrating technology into the experience was a top priority for them in 2023. However, sometimes the success of one area (i.e.

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Amazon Extends Just Walk Out Technology to Apparel and Fan Gear with RFID

Retail TouchPoints

With positive feedback from customers and arena executives, the new technology will now be deployed at Lumen Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks, at the new Seahawks Pro Shop Outlet for the 2023-24 NFL season. By the end of the season in early 2023, transactions per game in this location had increased 85% and total sales per game jumped 112%.

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