RTIH runs through this week’s coolest retail technology plays — Retail Technology Innovation Hub
Studenac Market and Wolt
Studenac Market, Croatia’s largest retailer by number of stores, has teamed up with Wolt, a European delivery platform, to launch dark stores offering grocery products.
Studenac will provide the products and equipment, while Wolt will take responsibility for logistics and delivery.
The first dark stores will be opened in the Adriatic coast city of Split in late July, and in Croatia’s capital Zagreb in early August. Users will be able to order products via Wolt, and the latter will provide delivery in 30 minutes or less.
Amazon
Kyle Field, home of the Texas A&M Aggies, is set to become the first collegiate venue in the world to open stores equipped with Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology and the Amazon One palm recognition and payment service.
Three checkout-free stores are slated to open this autumn so fans can use them during the college football season.
They will be able to insert their credit card at the entry gate or hover their palm over an Amazon One device to enter.
Just Walk Out technology determines what items shoppers take from or return to the shelves, and when they leave, the credit card they inserted or linked to their Amazon One ID will be charged for the items they took, with no checkout required.
Amazon (again!)
A new Dash Cart is coming to select Whole Foods Market locations this year, with the aim of making in-store shopping frictionless and more convenient by eliminating the need to stand in checkout lines or unload and reload items at self-checkout stations.
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