As mentioned in our last retail article, retail is becoming extremely vulnerable, and with the shopper experience changing, it’s vital that retail stores do the same. To stay relevant with today’s shoppers retailers need to adapt with their customers, by bridging in-store and online experiences, as well as constantly delivering innovative ideas and experiences that meet customers expectations.

Which is where Zebra Technologies comes in.

Mobility and interaction is now the main focus in retail, and POS Stations, Self-Checkout, Self-Scanning, Interactive Kiosks, Mobile Commerce, E-Commerce – are now taking the shopping experience to a whole new level.

As retailers have now entered a technology intense era, Zebra Technologies have combined computer vision, machine learning and workflow automation to create SmartSight – a robot that is purely designed for your front of store operations.

The robot uses Zebra’s EMA50 mobile automation technology, to accurately identify out-of-stock conditions, pricing inconsistences, and planogram issues on the shelf. The subscription-based solution is the first of its kind to put this data to work by generating corrective actions to store associates’ mobile computers to resolve these issues near to real time.

SmartSight can increase visibility into pricing accuracy and online fulfilment, helping retailers further improve store and staff performance, while reducing the cost of operations. In addition, the solution can increase staff efficiency by assigning specific, prioritized tasks to address out-of-stocks, pricing and merchandising management, reducing the time spent scanning shelves and eventually resulting in improved store workflow productivity.

Statistically, it is predicted that the SmartSight will increase available inventory by 95%, and free up to 65 hours of manual inventory per week. This time can be appropriately invested by employees to build a direct connection with shoppers, to improve customer satisfaction, and increase their basket size.

The SmartSight is designed for front-of-store mass merchant, supermarket, hypermarket, and grocery environments.

You can find out more about Zebra SmartSight in our video:

https://youtu.be/__tVGYuR25Y

For more information on Zebra SmartSight, and other retail solutions, feel free to contact us.

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