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Wal-Mart to deploy ‘smart’ network
Wal-Mart is phasing out its current satellite-delivered media network of screens in stores and replacing it with a new digital network. The rollout, to about 300 stores and to all superstores, will be completed in time for the holiday season. The new network is powered by Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, and it allows for [...]
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Smart Self-Service kiosks
STRATHAM, NH, Sep 03, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — NextChoice, the Smart Self-Service(TM) company, today announced that Giant Eagle has taken delivery of its intelligent self-service kiosk ordering system. Powered by new IBM AnyPlace(TM) Kiosks, NextChoice’s flagship NextWave Intelligent Self-Service software suite is allowing customers in more than 30 Giant Eagle GetGo stores to [...]
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Intelligentz & Ubisense deliver CartMotion
Intelligentz Corporation and Ubisense have partnered to deliver a revolutionary solution for retail stores. The CartMotion product combines Ubisense’s precise real-time location system (RTLS) with Intelligentz’s analytical engine. The valuable data provided on consumer behavior, conversion rate and asset management enables retailers to improve sales conversion, productivity and customer service. “The CartMotion application required a [...]
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Not so smart facial recognition machine
The Japanese want to ensure that their young citizens cannot purchase cigarettes from cigarette vending machines have come up with an RFID based vending machine with facial recognition software. More than 570,000 cigarette vending machines were fitted with RFID readers so that their age verification cards could be checked before cigarettes were dispensed to them. [...]
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Sun in the retail space
A number of years ago, Sun Microsystems looked at the future of retail and announced that SmartStores would make shopping super easy. http://www.sun.com/br/0305_ezine/ret_smart.html Since then Sun have introduced 2 customizable retail solutions, “Sun Retail Store Processor” and “Sun Retail Integration Architecture Software” where they claim that their innovations are based on open standards and can [...]
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Fujitsu Smart Stores?
Back in January 2004 Fujitsu wrote a report called “Smart Stores” where they report on the future of retail regarding consumer expectations being matched by retailers having to use new technologies to keep a competitive edge. To do so, they reported that retailers must employ a system of cost-cutting technology that yields solid ROI and [...]
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The first smartstores
SmartStores is not just a future vision of retail, it is a reality today. There are many stores that use RFID technology and some retail outlets even use smart cards, smart scales, and smart shelves today. Retailers such as Pak’n Save in New Zealand supply hand held scanners where customers can scan their own grocery [...]
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