Why is smart trolley using bar code scanner so popular during the pandemic

In China , an increasing number of supermarkets and retail stores have deployed smart trolleys using bar code scanner as well as ordinary shopping trolleys to satisfy different customers’ requirements and needs .

It has been proved that more and more customers would like to use smart shopping trolley during the pandemic ,ordinary shopping trolleys are losing the public general’s  attention . Even some loyal ordinary shopping trolleys users have shifted to use smart shopping trolleys .

Why is smart trolley using bar code scanner so popular during the pandemic ?

There are three main reasons :

1) The pandemic has stimulated customers to use smart shopping trolley .

During the pandemic , people cares more about their health and safety , they have taken more measures to prevent the disease from spreading . When they are shopping in a supermarket , they would like to keep safe distance and achieve frictionless shopping experience . 

A smart shopping trolley supports customers scan items’ bar codes by themselves and check out by themselves , besides , a smart shopping trolley can be designed to support customers to weight items directly on the trolley .This means that a smart shopping trolley is the best tool to help customers realize frictionless shopping .So the pandemic has stimulated customers to use smart shopping trolley .

2) Smart shopping trolley has attracted customers due to its fantastic features .

Initially ,some customers choose to use a smart shopping trolley mainly because that they feel curious and interested in it . Gradually , more and more customers began to use smart shopping trolley .The main reason is that the smart shopping trolley itself has some fantastic features . 

The smart shopping trolley will accompany customers all in the shopping process and could interact with customers . Customers could also find items they want to buy easily through the smart shopping trolley . In addition , smart shopping trolley could support customers charge for their mobile phones ,provide customers shopping receipts ,etc . What’s more , smart trolley using bar code scanner is better , as its recognition rate to recognize items can up to 100% .

It means the smart shopping trolley has attracted customers due to its fantastic features .

3) More and more retailers began to deploy smart shopping trolley in their stores .

More and more retailers have deployed smart shopping trolley in their stores as the smart shopping trolley could help increase their sales revenue . How can this be realized ? 

The smart shopping trolley will collect and record customers’ shopping data and process these data to data assets . With these data assets , retailers can send precise coupons and promotional information to precise customers , it has been proved that per customer transaction will greatly increase ,accordingly , the sales revenue will increase.

It was always reported that physical retail was suffering a lot and had difficulty to make profit . A smart trolley using bar code scanner may be a good choice for retailers now to boost their sales revenue .

As more and more retailers deployed smart  deployed more smart shopping trolleys in their stores , more customers would began to use smart shopping trolley rather than the ordinary shopping trolley .