Grocery retailer Kroger is testing a new type of checkout system called Scan-Bag-Go at a store in Kentucky.
It is a handheld wand that shoppers wave at product barcodes as they shop, tallying the total amount at the same time. A smartphone version is also being tested, enabling customers to use their phones to scan items, show the device at the checkout and pay.
Sainsbury’s is set to launch three new Carluccio’s store-in-store concepts, representing the casual-dining brand’s first foray into supermarket retail partnerships.
Without doubt, there is a period of opportunity to act and address the challenges that we face from the devastating economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Morrisons has posted an uptick in sales as it looks forward to “a year of meaningful profit growth”.
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With both Tesco and Superdry pulling out of international ventures on the same day, Retail Week asks whether UK retail is scaling back its global ambitions.
The coronavirus crisis will wipe $2.1trn (£1.7trn) off of global retail sales in 2020, new data has predicted.
The coronavirus outbreak has sparked fears and headlines worldwide since emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the start of the year.
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