The AI Revolution in Physical Retail: Transforming Shopping Experiences
The retail industry has evolved from spreadsheet-driven analysis to real-time AI that fundamentally transforms how stores operate, understand customer behavior, and prevent losses. What once required endless big data querying now happens automatically. Neural networks learn store patterns, computer vision tracks inventory and detects theft, and AI systems interact directly with shoppers as they browse. This transformation […]
What’s Next for Smart Cart Technology
Guest Post | What’s next for smart cart technology, asks Cust2Mate’s Yaniv Zukerman? Remember when self-checkout stations were the next big thing in retail, promising faster shopping, shorter queues and a more convenient experience? The idea was simple: let shoppers scan and bag their own groceries, skip the line and get on with their day. But […]
Cust2Mate Smart Carts in Franprix Paris
Redirecting Humans with Machines
The early 1800s heralded the Industrial Revolution in the US, a transformative era driven by technological progress. The introduction of new machinery and manufacturing techniques reshaped the economic terrain, enhancing production efficiency while diminishing the need for manual labor in certain domains. Consequently, this shift resulted in job loss. Today we are seeing a similar […]
The Cust2Mate smart cart was chosen as the best smart cart in the world in an international retail competition
Among the reasons for winning: allows shoppers to carry out the entire shopping experience in a cart, with 87% of them preferring to buy without going through the checkout By Calcalist, June 4, 2024 The Israeli Cust2Mate smart cart from the Nasdaq-traded company A2Z won the award for the best smart cart for 2024 at the […]
Shopping Reinvented: The Data-Driven Smart Cart Revolution is Here
I recently had a conversation with Yaniv Zukerman from Cust2Mate about the transformative impact of technology on retail shopping. We explored the development of smart shopping carts designed to simplify the shopping process for consumers while enhancing operational efficiency for retailers. Yaniv shared insights on how these carts can address challenges like inventory shrinkage and […]
CUST2MATE TRANSFORM TROLLEY TECHNOLOG
By Supermarketnews, April 12, 2024 Cust2Mate has introduced an innovative supermarket trolley to transform in-person grocery shopping. While many smart cart teams are created by technologists for retailers, Cust2Mate has focused on solving the industry’s main pain points whilst alleviating the friction and frustrations of shoppers with the assistance of technology. With thousands of carts deployed […]
Revolutionizing Retail: Cust2Mate’s Smart Carts Enhance Security and Shopping Experience
Retailers Expand Smart Cart Adoption to Boost Self-Checkout and Lower Theft
Across continents, more retailers are adopting smart carts to lower their labor costs without driving up shrink. Instacart and Associated Wholesale Growers (AWG) shared Monday (March 25) that they have expanded their partnership to offer more direct access to the former’s eCommerce and same-day delivery solutions across the latter’s member retailers. The offerings include Instacart’s […]
The Future of Retail, Part 2- Tomorrow’s Tech
Tomorrow’s tech comprises smart devices to aid consumers’ shopping excursions, the further proliferation of in-store and intra-distributor/warehouse AI, and the further evolution of self-checkout. Here’s a glimpse of what some retail experts foresee for tomorrow’s retail. Self-Checkout – Down But Far From Out The proliferation, perceived death, and media blowback of self-checkout has been well documented by The […]
