Retail
Convenience Store Retrofits Enable a Checkout-Free Shopping Experience
March 1st, 2021Brick-and-Mortar Retail Must Get Smart to Survive the Pandemic Era
January 29th, 2021
Blurring the Line Between Retail Stores & Vending Machines
There is no better way to social distance than to remove people from the equation. That’s a growing view in a retail industry that is struggling more than most through this extended global crisis, where we have seen a surge of activity in the cashierless or automated retail space. Cashierless retail is not a new […]
Smart Retail Revolution: Extended Lockdown is Changing Buying Patterns Forever
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, and the lifesaving measures taken around the world, will trigger one of the most disruptive periods our global economic system has ever seen. We were already due a downturn, but the pandemic and months of lockdown around the world have probably turned that downturn into a deep recession, significantly […]
Lockdowns Strikes a Big Blow to Bricks-and-Mortar Retail
The UK saw the biggest drop in retail sales since records began 30-years-ago, despite record increases in grocery sales, especially alcohol. In March, US retail sales also slumped to their worst monthly decline since records began in 1982, despite record grocery retail numbers. Both these markets delayed the start of their lockdown and have not […]
Walmart’s Shopping Carts & The Future of Occupancy Tracking in Retail
Retail giant Walmart recently filed a patent application mundanely titled “System And Method For A Biometric Feedback Cart Handle.” The technology is essentially a shopping cart handle that can track the heart rate, temperature, stress level and other biological characteristics of shoppers as they grip the handle of their cart when moving around a store. […]
The Competitive Nature of Sports Can Fine Tune Abilities of IoT in Buildings
The Internet of Things (IoT) can’t help finding new ways to impress us. One of its more recent triumphs has been in the competitive world of high-level sport. We are seeing the IoT create potential benefits in almost every area of the sports world, and perhaps more interesting for those of us in the smart […]
If Data Is The New Gold, Then Data Scientists Are The New Gold Miners
If data is the new gold, then data scientists are the new gold miners, and they use a smart generation of tools to prospect, unearth and refine nuggets of actionable intelligence from growing big data mines. You need only look at recruitment website to see the massive demand for data scientists, as well as their […]
Is Retail Becoming Augmented Retail?
The boundaries between physical retail and e-commerce are blurring, creating a hyper-connected consumer in search of experiences rather than just products. That was one of the key themes at Paris Retail Week, which asked – Is retail becoming augmented retail? The Equipmag event, part of the retail week, highlighted the increased digitalisation of our daily […]
What Stage of Development is the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) at Today?
The Building Internet of Things is getting closer to connecting on one common IP Network platform; where all the building automation service can be monitored, analysed and controlled. Automated without the need for intervention by humans. BAS Services have over the last quarter century undergone a slow and painful development of integrating the many different […]
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