AI In Grocery Just Got Real. Here Is What Coresight Saw In Our Smart Carts.
AI In Grocery Just Got Real. Here Is What Coresight Saw In Our Smart Carts. Everyone in retail is talking about AI. Very few are talking about what it actually does on a Tuesday afternoon in a busy store. That is what we like about Coresight Research’s new report, “Five Ways AI Is Being Used […]
Retail shrink hides in plain sight. Let’s look at what’s really going on.
Turn every scan into a line of defence against shrink. The holiday season is retail’s Super Bowl. It’s the biggest stage, and the riskiest one too. Shelves move faster than staff can restock, carts fill to the brim, and checkout lines stretch halfway down the aisle. Between the crowds, the pressure, and the race to […]
From Mass Marketing to Me Marketing
From Mass Marketing to Me Marketing How Real-Time personalization is Redefining Grocery Retail Supermarkets have always known the power of a good promotion. But walk into most stores today, and you’ll still find the same blanket discounts, paper circulars, and loyalty card deals sent to everyone, regardless of who they are or what they actually […]
What Shoppers Really Want
What 1,000 U.S. Shoppers Told Us About the Future of Supermarket Retail Running a supermarket has never been tougher. Costs are up, staff are hard to find and the one we have is stretched thin, and online competitors are always a click away. At the same time, shoppers walking into stores expect more. Faster service, […]
Retailers Asked for Proof. We Delivered.
Smart carts are no longer an experiment. Cust2Mate is showing how they boost baskets, cut shrinkage, and create new revenue streams worldwide. For years, smart carts were tested in small pilots. The question was never whether shoppers liked them – the question was whether they could deliver measurable results at scale. Cust2Mate is proving it […]
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 […]
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 […]
