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New retail, which emerged at the end of 2017. New retail formats such as unmanned stores, general stores, traditional supermarkets, and unmanned shelves all chose to accept the test of Shanghai as soon as possible.
Recently, after visiting 10 new retail stores, the reporter found that the change had already happened quietly.
Format: Unmanned Store
The unmanned store is really “unmanned”.
Lai Yifen unmanned store: Except for the face, it’s really unnecessary!
Unmanned star: ★★★★ Technology sense: ★★★
The reporter first completed the registration through the WeChat scanning applet, opened the WeChat password-free payment, and then aligned the membership code with the gate to scan for face recognition, and then entered the store for shopping. At present, this unmanned store has 4 shelves and 2 drink cabinets. The snacks and drinks that are easy to store are mainly imported brands with slightly higher prices. After picking the product, point your face at the gate again, and you will receive the message that the payment is successful within 3 seconds. If you come to shop for the second time, you can easily take the goods away by brushing your face, even if you did not bring your phone.
The highlight of the Lai Yifen unmanned store is that it makes the most of the 5G network. But to achieve a deeper “smart no one”, you also need to use black technologies such as face recognition, computer vision, the Internet of Things, and big data to give consumers a “get away” shopping experience.
Highlight: You can pay with your face without a mobile phone
Slots: There are a few types of products
Smart camera + intelligent shelf + auxiliary sensing equipment + face recognition gates, these are hardware that consumers can see when they enter the store, which also creates an unattended” hardware moat “, but after all, the store Too small, too few items.
When the 10 cameras and 6 gravity sensing shelves above the unmanned store are perfectly integrated with face detection, object recognition technology, deep learning and composite sensors, you can Track the trajectory of consumers in real time, where they have stayed for a long time, and determine whether certain products have been taken or put back.
Convenience of the apes: a convenience store sitting and ordering
Unmanned star: ★★ Technology sense: ★★★
At 22 o’clock on December 8, the reporter came to Gorilla Convenience on Xikang Road. In the shop, several girls were sitting around the table and talking while having supper.
This is a “smart self-service convenience store”, “I’m mainly responsible for replenishing and making hot coffee, and I can completely help myself in shopping.” The only brother in the store told reporters. Compared with traditional convenience stores, only one clerk is needed here.
There are two kinds of shopping methods for Gorilla Convenience: self-order through Gorilla Convenient App, or take the goods to a self-service cash register for settlement. “Most old customers will choose to order on their own, and new customers will usually get a cash register to settle.” In addition to on-site shopping, Gorilla Convenience also provides services for placing orders on the App and picking them up at the store.
After downloading the Gorilla Convenience App, the first feature I felt was “scanning and positioning.” Compared with the traditional way of scanning QR codes in stores, Goni Convenience can locate the store address by simply scanning the QR code / barcode of any product.
Second is the special price method. Compared with traditional convenience stores, there are more specials here, with a discount of 3 yuan and 10 yuan for 4 items.
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