AI-powered technologies are transforming the grocery store – from the moment a shopper enters the aisles to the final tap at self-checkout. Connected devices and intelligent systems are not just ...

Autumn is an associate editorial director and a contributor to BizTech Magazine. She covers trends and tech in retail, energy & utilities, financial services and nonprofit sectors. Smart shelves are ...

Before and during the pandemic, consumers increasingly shifted to online shopping, leading retailers to close multiple physical stores. However, with the lifting of restrictions and increased freedom ...

I believe this will be the most tech-forward year yet in retail—but only if retailers take advantage of what’s out there. With technologies like generative AI becoming more mainstream in 2023, as well ...

Rather than turning stores into mere pickup points, smart retailers are using digital tools to enhance what makes physical retail irreplaceable. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, ...

Retailers across segments have been expanding their smart store ambitions for decades. Starting in the late 1980s with the introduction of self-checkout kiosks and progressing to today’s smart RFID ...

Video surveillance has long been essential to brick-and-mortar branch retail operations and key to ensuring the security and safety of people and assets. But now, thanks to the emergence of artificial ...

For the small independent retailer, successfully managing inventory is one of the biggest keys to running a profitable and sustainable business. Unlike big-box stores, we often don’t have the cash ...

Quentin Daffarn, Managing Director, UC Wireless. South Africa’s retail landscape has undergone a profound transformation over the past few years, with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating ...