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🎥 We're pleased to share a new animation that showcases Storingo, our latest venture in retail automation. Storingo represents a step forward in our journey – it's a developed concept poised to integrate smoothly with the urban environment. 🛍️ Imagine a shopping experience where convenience, technology, and sustainability converge. That's what Storingo offers – a 24/7 automated modular retail kiosk that redefines the meaning of 'shopping at your fingertips'. 🌿 With a focus on eco-friendly materials, energy-efficient design, and smart technology, Storingo is where modern shopping meets environmental responsibility. 💡 Envision the convenience of a Storingo module readily accessible in every neighborhood and village, marrying the round-the-clock availability, accessibility, and convenience of e-commerce with the tangible, on-the-spot gratification of physical shopping. 🚚 Storingo's versatile design allows for swift setup or relocation in just a day – the only requirements are a power source and data connectivity. The fundamental module is designed for scalability, enabling expansion through additional storage modules or a combination of storage and base modules to amplify capacity and enhance performance. This adaptability ensures that Storingo can meet the varying demands of different communities, making it a smart solution for modern retail needs. 🤝 Our journey with Storingo is just beginning, and we extend an invitation to consumers, investors, and partners to join us in shaping the future of retail. #Storingo #RetailInnovation #Automation #SustainableSolutions #FutureOfRetail #GoyaSystec

Tectix : Your Amazon of everything Experiential Tech 😉😉 Here's a sneak peek from today's #Amazon Export Connect event! #Amazon #AmazonIndia #ExportConnect #CelebratingLocalBusinesses #LocalBusiness #GlobalBusiness #ExperientialTechnology #ExperientialTech #growglobal #techengagement #digitalengagement

In 2016, I had my first encounter with the name Rakuten. It was a sunny weekend, and I was strolling down Orchard Road, one of the bustling shopping districts in the heart of the city. As I approached the iconic Sogo shopping complex, something caught my eye – a vibrant booth adorned with the Rakuten logo. It turned out to be a promotion for Rakuten Online Shopping, an e-commerce platform that had set up shop to showcase its services. The booth was abuzz with displays of products and enticing offers for passersby. Little did I know at the time that Rakuten was not just an online shopping platform but a global diversified organization with a multitude of services. Learning about Rakuten's foray into telecommunications was a revelation. It showcased the company's ability to diversify its business portfolio and adapt to the evolving landscape of technology and consumer needs. Intrigued me the most was the company's reliance on data. Rakuten's success story was rooted in its adept use of data to understand consumer behavior, personalize experiences, and optimize its operations. You can get more information on how Rakuten evolve at the link below. https://lnkd.in/gEbw2qEH.

【 Aeon's "Green Beans" Online Shopping Surpasses 210,000 Members, Targets 400,000 by 2024 】 ・Aeon’s new online shopping business "Green Beans", which has surpassed 210,000 members, with majority of members in Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa, is aiming to increase membership to 400,000 by the end of the 2024 fiscal year. ・The service is operated by Aeon Next, and launched in July 2023 in partnership with UK-based Ocado Group. ・Green Beans' fresh produce, managed by AI for optimal freshness, attracts mainly working households in areas with fewer Aeon stores, like Setagaya and Minato wards in Tokyo. ・Aeon announced a new automated warehouse in Saitama, set to open by February 2028, doubling the capacity of the existing Chiba warehouse, while another warehouse in Hachioji will expand delivery areas. ・Despite the growth, Aeon Next reported a significant loss of 10.6 billion JPY for the fiscal year ending February 2024, with investments in new warehouses and technology contributing to the increased deficit. #日本　#Japan　#ネット通販　#OnlineBusiness https://lnkd.in/gMnC2vt4

It may be challenging for people outside of Japan to understand, but Japanese people prefer shopping in physical stores rather than e-commerce sites. As a result, the Retail Media strategy that has been successful in the US and EMEA cannot be applied to this market as it is. According to a report from NRF in January of this year, the Retail Media stage is defined as follows: - Retailer Media 1.0: Search - Retail Media 2.0: In-store advertising, Streaming TV, Display - Retail Media 3.0: Product samples However, as mentioned earlier, this strategy cannot be applied to the Japanese market, and this market will evolve in completely different ways. This article highlights Aeon Retail's strategy that centers on the App and leads shoppers to physical stores. This approach is fascinating and may serve as a good case study for other retailers in Japan. I recommend that retail media vendors research this market again and develop tailored solutions to adapt to this unique country's culture. https://lnkd.in/gsw8MX4G #retailmedia #retailmedianetworks

Today’s consumers crave personalized experiences. . Humanizing technology is the key, making it not just flashy with holograms and LED screens (though they to do the job sometimes 😊 ), but truly transformative. We're focusing on understanding consumer behavior to create experiences that are not only engaging and fun , but also highly personalized and accessible for everyone. This is about solving real problems and making shopping a delightful journey for every user. Join us at In-Store Asia 2024 and let's have a conversation on how we can redefine retail together!  Krupasagar Sridharan Debashish Banerjee Sonam Khurana Amit Prajapati #InStoreAsia2024 #RetailInnovation #ExperientialTech #BrandCommunication #HumanizingTech #CustomerExperience #RetailSolutions #TechnologyForGood

Brace yourselves! Bigger, bolder, and bursting with surprises - it's better and back!  What do you think it could be? Drop your thoughts in the comment section. Follow Pluxee India for updates. #Pluxee #PluxeeIndia #SomethingSpecialComingSoon #ComingSoon #StayTuned #WorldOfOpportunities #BeMore

Discover how DeHaat achieved a 1.75X uplift on a quick commerce platform, Zepto with Paxcom's' support.  Want to witness such exponential growth for your brand? Contact us at info@paxcom.net #dehaat #visibility #zepto #paxcom #casestudy #ecommerce

And we’re done at NRF! Quite a different experience to #CES last week given we had a booth in the Innovation Hub (thank you National Retail Federation) which meant the step count went down a few tens of thousand from the previous week. I’ve not been to NRF for five or so years and had forgotten what a brilliant event it is - especially in the context of the Innovation Hub. It’s upstairs at the Javits Center which is a beautiful open and light space flooded with natural light and views across the Hudson. For anyone wanting to show augmented reality, mixed reality or any computer vision with a device's camera you couldn’t have more perfect even natural light for demos. NRF attracts a really senior cohort of retail execs and specialists from across the globe. So you get to chat with the decision makers and budget holders directly. It combines the quality of conversations with the quantity of high-calibre companies attending - be that direct opportunities or channel partner collaborations. We were at NRF to showcase Zapvision and our brand new partnership with Be My Eyes marrying Accessible QR codes on pack with their incredible Be My AI virtual assistant. We were of course surrounded by booths with #AI in the title. Now I might be biased but I didn’t see anyone showing the very real practical benefit of AI in the way that it’s been implemented by Be My Eyes. We have a straight line from our Accessible QR codes delivering unambiguous, trusted product information in a structured way fed into the AI that can then also be used with ChatGPT4 vision for the user to better understand their environment in the context of the product they’re using. We were showing Unilever’s Colman’s Singapore Noodles which is the first brand to make the most of this new 'product-as-a-service' offering which is showcased brilliantly in the video I shared yesterday. It was encouraging to see the level of interest in our solution and following in the footsteps of CES how accessibility has become a key C-level talking point and strategic imperative for brands to tackle and help make the world more equitable. We have a moment in time with new #GS1 Digital Link Standards, Sunrise 2027 and legislative change around Digital Product Passports etc. where packaging artwork is being updated with QR as the 2D barcode of choice. The simple question we are asking all brands is if you are putting #QR on your products and packaging why not make it an Accessible QR code and positively impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people across the world who are blind or partially sighted? Judging the response from thought-leading brands at NRF we can make the mission of making access to information on packaging a basic human right a reality. That is incredibly exciting. So thank you NRF and everyone who came to our booth. Until next time! #accessibleqr #aqr #accessibility #zapvision

Where do we begin?🤩 What incredible days it has been for WEON. A full day on Monday at Epicenter Stockholm to listen and speak with inspiring individuals and companies. And not least, to prepare for the panel where our Co-founder Jakob Kvanvig sat to discuss what WEON is and stands for. To sum up, the discussion focused on tackling the swiftly evolving customer experience in the digital realm, heightened expectations from consumers, and strategies for companies to not only meet but also surpass these demands. An incredible moment is when we showcase the product demo to the world for the first time and receive applause and praise. We've worked on this product for several years to finally showcase it and receive this response... We can't describe how proud and grateful we are😊! We want to extend a big thank you to all 200+ pre-registered for the event at Epicenter Stockholm and Coco Jacoel for the organization of everything🌟. Thanks to Karina Töndevold Liljedal, PhD, Michael Sosinski, Hassan Jalal and Emma Ridderstad for sharing your insights and thoughts on #retailtech and customer experience. Last but not least, Annelie Gullström for moderating and doing an incredibly professional job throughout! 🙌 Follow us here on LinkedIn, we've only just begun and promise there will be more exciting news in the near future... 🚀 Thank you! ☺️ #AI #Ecommerce #sustainability #retailtalks #futureofretail #newtechnology #consumerbehavior #retailtech