“The UK-based augmented reality startup, Dent Reality, raised the equivalent of $3.4 million USD in its most recent funding round. Dent Reality has created an AR app for smartphones that helps shoppers navigate retail locations by providing a layout of a store’s aisles, while showing where to find specific items. The company works mainly with…
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How to give online supermarket shopping an instore feel
Stor.ai’s Picker-App customizes and maps in-store grocery fulfillment. Advanced outbound marketing tools communicate with customers in a targeted way to encourage trying the service and returning again and again. ‘Covid changed everything,’ Tal says. ‘Now online orders account for 10 percent of overall [grocery] sales, and analysts say it will double in three to four…
Transform 2021: Retail’s key topics
“Join retail leaders at the industry’s premier AI digital event, Transform 2021, hosted July 12-16. Hear from top retail industry experts on strategy and technology in the main application areas of AI/ML Automation Technology, RPA, data analytics, conversational AI, intelligent AI assistants, AI at the edge, IoT, computer vision, AR/VR, & robotics.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/venturebeat.com/2021/07/07/transform-2021-retails-key-topics/amp/
Walmart’s new AI predicts grocery substitutes for shoppers
“Big-box retailer Walmart is using artificial intelligence (AI) to aid customers and personal shoppers and better handle still-surging online demand for groceries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Walmart’s solution was to use artificial intelligence to help both customers and Personal Shoppers choose the best substitute for an out-of-stock item,’” https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/walmart-artificial-intelligence-grocery-substitutes-shoppers
Amazon brings cashierless tech to full-size grocery store for first time at new Seattle-area location
“Amazon’s newest physical grocery store opening in the Seattle area this week is unique as it will feature the company’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology. It’s the first time the tech has come to a full-size store and marks a milestone for Amazon given the cost and complexity of implementing such a system.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geekwire.com/2021/amazon-brings-cashierless-tech-full-size-grocery-store-first-time-new-seattle-area-location/amp/