Smart cart technology accelerates retail store development from 3 aspects

The adoption of smart cart technology in the retail industry is becoming more and more common. On the one hand, modern retailers tend to be the early movers -seemingly open to new technological products, such as smart shopping carts. On the other hand, more and more big smart cart success stories occurred, which has also attracted retailers to adopt smart shopping carts.

So how does smart cart technology accelerates retail store development? There are mainly 3 aspects.

(1) Smart cart technology makes the retail store become a digital store.

Generally speaking, smart carts and smart checkout systems have been redefining customer experience in retail stores in recent years by automating the checkout process. Based on smart cart technology, the smart cart itself recognizes items as customers aim items’ bar codes to the bar code scanner, then items’ price and other information can be displayed on the screen automatically. The smart cart also has dual cameras that could record customers’ shopping behaviors, so retailers know clearly about customers’ shopping routes.

As smart carts were connected to the supermarket ERP system, the smart carts also help do inventory management of items on the shelf, which means smart cart technology has made the retail store digital.

(2) Smart cart technology changes customers’ shopping way

Smart cart technology has created cashier-less experiences for customers. In a shopping scenario using a smart cart, customers select items by themselves and check out by themselves. They no longer need to wait in line anymore.

Last year, Amazon introduced Dash Cart – a kind of shopping cart that can automatically detect items – powered by cameras, sensors, and intelligent computer vision algorithms. As a result, Amazon customers can easily bypass the checkout line in the brick-and-mortar store and pay through their credit cards, which are synched to their user accounts. It also comes equipped with a touchscreen feature that makes it effortless for customers to browse through Alexa shopping lists or scan official offer-related coupons.

As for Superhii smart cart, the smart cart technology enables customers to purchase items by themselves and check out by themselves directly on the cart. The smart carts are usually integrated and connected with POS or self-checkout ATMs to support customers pay their shopping bills.

(3) Smart cart technology is a cutting-edge technology and is very promising

A smart cart usually adopts various technologies, including artificial intelligence, computer vision, deep learning, IoT, and RFID. These are all cutting-edge technologies, surely the smart cart is an advanced technological product.

Last year, a leading research organization reported that the “Global Smart Shopping Cart Market size was estimated at USD 932.47 million in 2020 – at a CAGR 27.62% to reach USD 4,030.00 million by 2026.”

In the mind of modern customers, technologies like smart carts offer a tremendous amount of convenience because they empower easy grab-and-go experiences. The customer is the God, smart cart which brings convenience to customers is surely promising. (Author : Superhii , Cindy Xin )