Here are the applications of IoT in the Retail sector:
Smart Shelf Technology:
Kroger is deep into experimenting with “smart shelf” technology at a Cincinnati-area store. Kroger has added shelf sensors and analytics technology to track grocery shoppers on their mobile devices, offer them tailored pricing on some products and call out products on their mobile shopping lists on display screens.
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AmazonGO:
Amazon has created a small Seattle grocery store that allows customers to just take what they want off the shelves and leave, without having to wait in line or check out with a cashier. In addition to traditional grocery items, Amazon Go will also feature meal kits with fresh ingredients to be prepared at home.
When you enter the store, you start up the Amazon Go app on your smartphone. The store then uses a lot of cameras and LIDAR sensors (lasers) to track everything you do once inside the store.
Costa Cofee Vending machines:
Intel's top-end Core i7 processor is being used in Costa Coffee's latest coffee machines - not to brew hot drinks, but for real-time facial analysis.When it detects a human is standing there, it will switch to the menus and you can start ordering your coffee. As you’re selecting through your coffee, you hear the sights and sounds of a barista in the background, the clinking of cups and the grinding of beans - and this is actually the grinding of your coffee - and then you get the smell of those beans from a little smell vent. And the touch is the touchscreen interaction, and the taste is of course the coffee you get at the end.
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