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Atlanta Arena Adopts Cashierless Checkout for ‘Hawks Express’ C-Store

State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks NBA team, has opened a Hawks Express cashierless checkout store powered by AiFi and…

Amazon May be Pulling Just Walk Out from its Stores, but Autonomous Retail is Booming in Other Arenas

This is the second part of our two-part series, “From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” In part one…

How Retail Tech Solutions Address Stadium Concessions Gripes

The retail technology revolution has brought forth many new innovations such as palm scanning and AI chatbots over the last few years,…

How Cashierless Stores Can Solve Labor Challenges and Create New Levels of Customer Convenience

Cashierless stores, also known as autonomous stores, are sprouting up in a range of venues, from airports to college campuses to sports…

5 Real-World Ways 5G Will Transform Retail

5G is the talk of the town these days — up there with Web3 and the metaverse. But just like those other…

The Future of Retail and AI

When Amazon Go launched in 2018, critics claimed that it would take more than a decade for autonomous retail to catch on….

Speed Counts at the Indy 500: Race Venue Debuts Fast, Convenient and Autonomous C-Store

Consumers are increasingly drawn to convent checkout experiences, from mobile POS and self-checkout to grab-and-go tech, and now even autonomous stores. Over…

How Data Will Power Convenience at 10,000+ Wundermart Autonomous Stores

Autonomous convenience store retailer Wundermart is expanding its operations, with plans to open more than 10,000 checkout-free stores in a partnership with…

AI Go Debuts Hybrid Autonomous Shopping in Shanghai C-Store

The AI-powered autonomous shopping experience just got bigger, in the form of a 4,000-square-foot hybrid convenience market called AI Go in Shanghai….

‘Checkout-Free’ Solution Provider Raises $30 Million

AiFi has raised a total of $30 million in its latest funding round. The AI-powered solution provider will use the money to…

Convenience Store Chain Debuts Cashierless Site In Silicon Valley

Loop Neighborhood Stores, a convenience store chain with more than 30 locations in Northern California, will open a cashierless store offering 150…

NRF2019 Recap: Alibaba, Kroger, Walmart Supercharge Supermarkets; Target Store Investments Pay Off

The NRF 2019 Big Show filled New York City’s Javits Center with people (37,000 attendees) and exhibitors (800+) as well as several…

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