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The Lowdown on Click-and-Collect Technology

 By Amanda Baltazar on May 19, 2020

Four elements of online grocery shopping retailers should know: modular pickup boxes, lockers, robotic warehouses and touch-free technology.

Technology

Talking Microfulfillment With Takeoff’s Curt Avallone

 By Jon Springer on Apr. 28, 2020

While demand for online grocery has rocketed to a point at which efficiency is more important than ever, other pandemic trends also favor a microfulfillment solution. Here's what its early adopters have learned.

Technology

COVID-19 Will Have a Lasting Impact on Retail Store Automation

By Georges Mirza on Apr. 24, 2020

The pandemic provides a second chance for many solution providers to stand and deliver mature solutions, the author says.

Technology

Has the Time Come for Contactless Payment?

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 20, 2020

The Lempert Report: With social distancing and the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of discussion about making contactless payment mainstream in grocery.

Technology

The Battle Between Farming and Farm Tech

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 09, 2020

The Lempert Report: Robots and new gadgets will better allow farmers in the future to decide what to sow, when to fertilize and how much to irrigate.

Retailers

Gig Alert: Opportunities for Freelancers in Stores

By Jon Springer on Apr. 02, 2020

Meijer teams with Hyer as it seeks flexible and efficient attention to store conditions.

Technology

A Contactless 'Microstore' for the Social Distancing Set

By Jon Springer on Mar. 25, 2020

QuickEats, a tiny, cashierless store in California, debuts AWM's Frictionless technology to address safety protocols.

Technology

Mobile Checkout as a Social Distancer?

By Jon Springer on Mar. 19, 2020

FutureProof Retail is offering its scan-and-pay software solution to retailers free of charge during pandemic; downloads up 300% at Fairway Market stores in New York amid coronavirus crisis.

Technology

COVID-19 Makes a Punishing Case for Automation in Grocery

By Jon Springer on Mar. 19, 2020

The coronavirus crisis is likely to accelerate a slow move toward automation as online demand overwhelms operations and threatens profits.

Technology

Talking Inventory Drones With Pensa's Richard Schwartz

By Jon Springer on Feb. 25, 2020

The founder and CEO of Pensa Systems discusses how "flying whiffle balls" can defeat "electromechanical beasts" in the race to eliminate out-of-stocks, and how winemaking is like tech.

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