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- 0:00Retail
- 0:01technology
- 0:01of
- 0:02the
- 0:02year.
- 0:02Ann,
- 0:03let's
- 0:03go
- 0:03back
- 0:04to
- 0:04you
- 0:04on
- 0:04this
- 0:04one.
- 0:05Oh
- 0:06boy,
- 0:06I
- 0:06was
- 0:07not
- 0:07ready.
- 0:08I
- 0:08will
- 0:09I
- 0:09did
- 0:09cover
- 0:09Jenny
- 0:10I
- 0:10in
- 0:10my
- 0:10last
- 0:11two
- 0:11headlines
- 0:12so
- 0:12I'm
- 0:12going
- 0:12to
- 0:12go
- 0:12away
- 0:13from
- 0:13that
- 0:13this
- 0:13year.
- 0:14So
- 0:15I
- 0:15have
- 0:15my,
- 0:16my
- 0:16retail
- 0:16technology
- 0:17of
- 0:17the
- 0:17year.
- 0:17You
- 0:18mentioned
- 0:18it
- 0:18earlier
- 0:19Chris
- 0:19in
- 0:19store
- 0:19robotics.
- 0:20I
- 0:20think
- 0:21you
- 0:21have
- 0:21everything
- 0:22from
- 0:23the
- 0:23robotics
- 0:23that
- 0:24are
- 0:24happening
- 0:25help
- 0:25with
- 0:25automation
- 0:26and
- 0:26picking
- 0:27and
- 0:27back
- 0:27of
- 0:27house
- 0:27we
- 0:28talked
- 0:28about
- 0:28with
- 0:28Dometics
- 0:28Kim
- 0:29Beaudry
- 0:29early
- 0:30on
- 0:30just
- 0:30about
- 0:31how
- 0:31that's
- 0:31really
- 0:31getting
- 0:32smaller
- 0:32and
- 0:32smaller
- 0:33to
- 0:34simbi
- 0:34raising
- 0:35another
- 0:35$500
- 0:35million
- 0:36to
- 0:36presumably
- 0:37kind
- 0:37of
- 0:37support
- 0:38the
- 0:38expansion
- 0:38for
- 0:39more
- 0:39retailers
- 0:39of
- 0:40tally
- 0:40in
- 0:41stores.
- 0:42Even
- 0:42our
- 0:43visit
- 0:43last
- 0:43week
- 0:43Chris
- 0:44we
- 0:44went
- 0:44to
- 0:44SPS
- 0:45Commerce
- 0:46here
- 0:46in
- 0:46Minneapolis
- 0:47and
- 0:47we
- 0:47went
- 0:47into
- 0:47their
- 0:48DC
- 0:48and
- 0:49that
- 0:49was
- 0:49a
- 0:50really
- 0:50big
- 0:50light
- 0:51bulb
- 0:51moment
- 0:51for
- 0:51me
- 0:52not
- 0:52having
- 0:52spent
- 0:53a
- 0:53ton
- 0:53of
- 0:53time
- 0:53in
- 0:54DCs
- 0:54but
- 0:54just
- 0:54to
- 0:55see
- 0:55the
- 0:55room
- 0:55for
- 0:55error
- 0:56in
- 0:56packing
- 0:57facilities
- 0:58especially
- 0:58when
- 0:59you
- 0:59and
- 0:59I
- 0:59are
- 0:59in
- 1:00charge
- 1:00but
- 1:01really
- 1:01just
- 1:02understanding
- 1:02like
- 1:03this
- 1:03is
- 1:03the
- 1:04real
- 1:04place
- 1:04where
- 1:05robotics
- 1:06you
- 1:06know
- 1:07in
- 1:07the
- 1:07back
- 1:07of
- 1:08of
- 1:08a
- 1:08grocery
- 1:08store
- 1:09or
- 1:09something
- 1:09where
- 1:09they
- 1:10really
- 1:10can
- 1:10help
- 1:10speed
- 1:11things
- 1:11up
- 1:11and
- 1:11make
- 1:12make
- 1:12things
- 1:12safer
- 1:13for
- 1:13the
- 1:13employees
- 1:14that
- 1:14are
- 1:14in
- 1:14the
- 1:14back
- 1:14of
- 1:14house.
- 1:15So
- 1:15that
- 1:16robots.
- 1:16Robots
- 1:17are
- 1:17my
- 1:17robots
- 1:18is
- 1:18our
- 1:18See
- 1:18I've
- 1:18been
- 1:18saying
- 1:19robots
- 1:19is
- 1:192025
- 1:20an
- 1:20so
- 1:20you're
- 1:21preempting
- 1:21me.
- 1:21You're
- 1:21kind
- 1:21of
- 1:22coming
- 1:22in
- 1:22early
- 1:22on
- 1:22the
- 1:23robot
- 1:23headline.
- 1:23That's
- 1:24interest
- 1:24interesting
- 1:24play
- 1:25there
- 1:25my
- 1:25friend.
- 1:26Chad,
- 1:26what
- 1:26about
- 1:27you?
- 1:28Well
- 1:29let's
- 1:29go
- 1:30to
- 1:30the
- 1:30envelope.
- 1:30So
- 1:31let's
- 1:31go
- 1:31to
- 1:31the
- 1:31apology
- 1:32of
- 1:32the
- 1:32year.
- 1:32Let's
- 1:33see
- 1:33what
- 1:33David
- 1:33had
- 1:34to
- 1:34say.
- 1:34Doesn't
- 1:35get
- 1:35old
- 1:35Chad.
- 1:35Doesn't
- 1:36get
- 1:36old.
- 1:36I'm
- 1:36really
- 1:36glad
- 1:37there's
- 1:37like
- 1:37seven
- 1:38more
- 1:38of
- 1:38them
- 1:38so
- 1:38I
- 1:38hope.
- 1:39All
- 1:39right.
- 1:41Invisible
- 1:42barcodes.
- 1:43Oh
- 1:44that
- 1:44was
- 1:44close
- 1:44on
- 1:45my
- 1:45list
- 1:45too.
- 1:45Yeah,
- 1:46me
- 1:46too.
- 1:47Really
- 1:48interesting.
- 1:48I
- 1:48mean
- 1:48still,
- 1:49still
- 1:49early
- 1:49stage
- 1:50being
- 1:50piloted.
- 1:51Right.
- 1:51But
- 1:51I
- 1:51think
- 1:52what
- 1:52digimark
- 1:53and
- 1:53and
- 1:53Walmart
- 1:54have
- 1:54been
- 1:54putting
- 1:54together
- 1:55as
- 1:55a
- 1:55combination
- 1:56in
- 1:56order
- 1:56to
- 1:56speed
- 1:57meet
- 1:57up
- 1:57checkout
- 1:58and
- 1:58you
- 1:58know
- 1:59stem
- 1:59shoplifting
- 2:00as
- 2:00a,
- 2:01as
- 2:01an
- 2:01ancillary
- 2:01benefit
- 2:02could
- 2:02be
- 2:02really
- 2:02really
- 2:03game
- 2:03changing.
- 2:03Right.
- 2:05You
- 2:05know
- 2:05for,
- 2:05for
- 2:06an
- 2:06n
- 2:06of
- 2:061
- 2:07I
- 2:07still
- 2:07hate
- 2:08self
- 2:08checkout.
- 2:08My
- 2:09wife
- 2:09can't
- 2:10believe
- 2:10it
- 2:10but
- 2:10like
- 2:11going
- 2:11in
- 2:11and
- 2:11like
- 2:12the
- 2:12the
- 2:13way
- 2:13of
- 2:13scanning
- 2:14every
- 2:14single
- 2:15item
- 2:15at
- 2:16checkout
- 2:16like
- 2:16I
- 2:16actually
- 2:17think
- 2:17a
- 2:17cashier
- 2:17can
- 2:18do
- 2:18it
- 2:18faster
- 2:18than
- 2:18me.
- 2:19Right.
- 2:19It's
- 2:19the,
- 2:19it's
- 2:19the
- 2:20cue
- 2:20is
- 2:20the
- 2:20only
- 2:20reason
- 2:21I
- 2:21would
- 2:21use
- 2:21it.
- 2:21But
- 2:22this
- 2:22mechanism
- 2:23to
- 2:23create
- 2:23speediness
- 2:24in
- 2:24that,
- 2:24in
- 2:24that
- 2:25self
- 2:25checkout
- 2:25delivery
- 2:26could
- 2:27really
- 2:27really
- 2:27amplify
- 2:28that
- 2:29and
- 2:29any
- 2:30element
- 2:30in
- 2:30order
- 2:31to
- 2:31be
- 2:31able
- 2:31to,
- 2:32you
- 2:32know,
- 2:33stem
- 2:33that,
- 2:33that
- 2:33theft,
- 2:34loss
- 2:34of
- 2:34people
- 2:35not
- 2:35scanning,
- 2:35holding
- 2:36things
- 2:36in
- 2:36their
- 2:36pocket,
- 2:37whatever,
- 2:38you
- 2:38know,
- 2:39just
- 2:39avoiding
- 2:39everything
- 2:39we
- 2:40can
- 2:40do
- 2:40to
- 2:40lock
- 2:40up
- 2:40the
- 2:41store
- 2:41has
- 2:42the
- 2:42potential
- 2:42to
- 2:42be
- 2:42a
- 2:43real
- 2:43game
- 2:43changer.
- 2:43So
- 2:44there
- 2:44you
- 2:44go.
- 2:44Tech
- 2:45tech
- 2:45announcement
- 2:45of
- 2:45the
- 2:45year.
- 2:46Yeah,
- 2:47that's
- 2:47a
- 2:47good
- 2:47one.
- 2:47That's
- 2:47a
- 2:47good
- 2:47one.
- 2:47It
- 2:48also
- 2:48has
- 2:48a
- 2:48lot
- 2:48of
- 2:48backroom
- 2:49applications
- 2:49too,
- 2:49as
- 2:50you
- 2:50think
- 2:50about
- 2:50finding
- 2:51product
- 2:51quickly
- 2:51for
- 2:52employees
- 2:52too,
- 2:53over
- 2:53time.
- 2:53So,
- 2:53yeah,
- 2:53that's
- 2:54an
- 2:54interesting
- 2:54one
- 2:54to
- 2:54keep
- 2:54an
- 2:55eye
- 2:55on.
- 2:55All
- 2:56right,
- 2:56I'll
- 2:56go
- 2:56next.
- 2:56So
- 2:56for
- 2:57mine,
- 2:57mine
- 2:58this
- 2:58year
- 2:58was
- 2:59I
- 2:59thought
- 2:59the
- 3:00easy
- 3:00one
- 3:00to
- 3:00do
- 3:00was
- 3:00like
- 3:01a
- 3:01generative
- 3:01AI
- 3:01play,
- 3:02you
- 3:02know,
- 3:02like
- 3:02you
- 3:02could
- 3:02easily
- 3:03do
- 3:03something
- 3:03like
- 3:03that.
- 3:04But
- 3:04I
- 3:04didn't
- 3:04want
- 3:04to
- 3:04do
- 3:04that
- 3:04either.
- 3:05Plus
- 3:05I
- 3:06didn't
- 3:06know
- 3:06the
- 3:06exact
- 3:06application
- 3:07yet,
- 3:07which
- 3:07I
- 3:07think
- 3:07is
- 3:08something
- 3:08we've
- 3:08been
- 3:08talking
- 3:08a
- 3:08lot
- 3:09about
- 3:09on
- 3:09the
- 3:09show.
- 3:09The
- 3:09retailers
- 3:10don't
- 3:10know
- 3:10exactly
- 3:10what
- 3:11application
- 3:11is
- 3:11the
- 3:11best
- 3:12one
- 3:12yet.
- 3:12So
- 3:12for
- 3:13me,
- 3:13this
- 3:13one
- 3:13might
- 3:14surprise
- 3:14you.
- 3:143.
- 3:15I'm
- 3:15going
- 3:15with
- 3:16marketplaces.
- 3:18Marketplace
- 3:18platforms.
- 3:20Walmart
- 3:20is
- 3:21killing
- 3:21it
- 3:21with
- 3:21their
- 3:22marketplace.
- 3:22Like
- 3:22it's
- 3:23driving
- 3:23a
- 3:23ton
- 3:23of
- 3:24their
- 3:24retail
- 3:24media
- 3:24growth.
- 3:25And
- 3:25then
- 3:25you
- 3:26saw
- 3:26companies
- 3:26like
- 3:26Lowe's,
- 3:27Macy's,
- 3:28Nordstrom's,
- 3:29they've
- 3:29all
- 3:30started
- 3:30to
- 3:30build
- 3:30their
- 3:30own
- 3:31versions
- 3:31and
- 3:31all
- 3:32for
- 3:32the
- 3:32very
- 3:32same
- 3:32reason.
- 3:32Right.
- 3:33You
- 3:33can
- 3:33expand
- 3:33the
- 3:33assortment,
- 3:34but
- 3:34it
- 3:34also
- 3:34gets
- 3:34you
- 3:34the
- 3:35ability
- 3:35to
- 3:35scale
- 3:35your
- 3:35retail
- 3:36media
- 3:36ad
- 3:36dollars
- 3:37much
- 3:37more
- 3:38efficiently.
- 3:38So
- 3:39with
- 3:39all
- 3:39the
- 3:39first
- 3:39party
- 3:40data
- 3:40that
- 3:40retailers
- 3:40have
- 3:41out
- 3:41there,
- 3:41I
- 3:42think
- 3:42you're
- 3:42starting
- 3:42to
- 3:42see
- 3:42that
- 3:43marketplaces
- 3:43are
- 3:43going
- 3:43to
- 3:44be
- 3:44the
- 3:44way
- 3:44that
- 3:44you
- 3:44help
- 3:45scale
- 3:45that
- 3:46retail
- 3:46media
- 3:46effort.
- 3:46So
- 3:47that's
- 3:47why
- 3:47marketplaces
- 3:47wins
- 3:48for
- 3:48me.
- 3:48David,
- 3:49close
- 3:49us
- 3:49out.
- 3:50All
- 3:50right,
- 3:51so
- 3:51mine
- 3:51dove
- 3:51still
- 3:51is
- 3:52on
- 3:52Chad's
- 3:53shrink
- 3:53is
- 3:54one
- 3:54of
- 3:54the
- 3:54biggest
- 3:54issues
- 3:55retailers
- 3:55are
- 3:55facing
- 3:56today.
- 3:56And
- 3:56frankly
- 3:57shrink
- 3:57in
- 3:57many
- 3:58situations
- 3:59is
- 3:59one
- 3:59of
- 3:59the
- 3:59reasons
- 4:00they're
- 4:00closing
- 4:00stores
- 4:01because
- 4:01they
- 4:01just
- 4:02can't
- 4:02control
- 4:02the
- 4:02shrink.
- 4:03And
- 4:03when
- 4:03your
- 4:03shrink
- 4:03is
- 4:04higher
- 4:04than
- 4:04your
- 4:04sales,
- 4:05it
- 4:05just
- 4:05becomes
- 4:06untenable.
- 4:08So
- 4:08this,
- 4:09this
- 4:09technology
- 4:09has
- 4:10not
- 4:10yet
- 4:10been
- 4:10fully
- 4:10rolled
- 4:11out.
- 4:11But
- 4:12the
- 4:12most
- 4:12effective
- 4:13way
- 4:13to
- 4:13prevent
- 4:14shrink
- 4:14is
- 4:14to
- 4:14lock
- 4:15stuff
- 4:15up.
- 4:16But
- 4:16locking
- 4:16stuff
- 4:17up
- 4:17is
- 4:18an
- 4:18awful
- 4:18consumer
- 4:19experience.
- 4:21In
- 4:21comes
- 4:21Walmart
- 4:22with
- 4:23if
- 4:23you
- 4:23have
- 4:23the
- 4:23app
- 4:24and
- 4:25you
- 4:25are
- 4:25a
- 4:25loyalty
- 4:26customer,
- 4:26you
- 4:26can
- 4:27open
- 4:27it
- 4:27yourself.
- 4:28I
- 4:28don't
- 4:29know
- 4:29exactly
- 4:29what
- 4:29it's
- 4:29called.
- 4:30The
- 4:30loyalty
- 4:32phone
- 4:32unlock
- 4:33for
- 4:33locked
- 4:33up
- 4:34goods
- 4:34in
- 4:34terms
- 4:34of
- 4:35theft
- 4:35prevention
- 4:35is
- 4:36I
- 4:36think
- 4:37the
- 4:37wave
- 4:37of
- 4:37the
- 4:37future,
- 4:38especially
- 4:38in
- 4:39high
- 4:39theft
- 4:39areas
- 4:40and
- 4:41will
- 4:41enable
- 4:42some
- 4:42stores
- 4:42to
- 4:42stay
- 4:43open.
- 4:43If
- 4:43we
- 4:43get
- 4:43widespread
- 4:44adoption
- 4:44that's
- 4:45my
- 4:45tech.
- 4:45Wow.
- 4:46Wow.
- 4:46So
- 4:46you
- 4:46like
- 4:46that
- 4:47idea,
- 4:47David,
- 4:47huh?
- 4:48That's
- 4:48interesting.
- 4:48And
- 4:48just
- 4:48for
- 4:48clarification,
- 4:49too,
- 4:49Walmart
- 4:50so
- 4:50far
- 4:50for
- 4:50those
- 4:50listening
- 4:51is
- 4:51only
- 4:51testing
- 4:51that
- 4:52with
- 4:52employees.
- 4:52They
- 4:52haven't
- 4:52rolled
- 4:53it
- 4:53out
- 4:53to
- 4:53customers
- 4:53yet,
- 4:54but
- 4:54people
- 4:54are
- 4:54hypothesizing
- 4:55that
- 4:55they
- 4:55could
- 4:56do
- 4:56that.
- 4:56But,
- 4:56David,
- 4:57you
- 4:57like
- 4:57that
- 4:57from
- 4:57a
- 4:58customer
- 4:58experience
- 4:58standpoint
- 4:59and
- 4:59an
- 4:59overall
- 4:59retail
- 5:00sales
- 5:00standpoint?
- 5:01Well,
- 5:01I
- 5:01think
- 5:02there's
- 5:02just
- 5:02places
- 5:02where
- 5:02you
- 5:03have
- 5:03to
- 5:03lock
- 5:03stuff
- 5:03up.
- 5:04There's
- 5:04organized
- 5:04retail
- 5:05crime.
- 5:06The
- 5:06only
- 5:07real
- 5:07way
- 5:07that
- 5:07has
- 5:08been
- 5:08proven
- 5:08to
- 5:08reduce
- 5:09that.
- 5:10You
- 5:10can't
- 5:10have
- 5:11a
- 5:11security
- 5:11guard.
- 5:11It
- 5:12is
- 5:12locking
- 5:12this
- 5:12stuff
- 5:12up.
- 5:13So
- 5:13in
- 5:13a
- 5:13world
- 5:14where
- 5:14that
- 5:14has
- 5:14to
- 5:14happen,
- 5:15I
- 5:15think
- 5:16having
- 5:16an
- 5:16app
- 5:17where
- 5:17the
- 5:17customer
- 5:17can
- 5:17do
- 5:18it
- 5:18themselves
- 5:18rather
- 5:18than
- 5:19wait
- 5:19for
- 5:19someone
- 5:20to
- 5:20come
- 5:20from
- 5:20the
- 5:20back
- 5:20room
- 5:21to
- 5:21do
- 5:21it
- 5:21for
- 5:21them
- 5:21is
- 5:22a
- 5:22much
- 5:22better
- 5:22customer
- 5:23experience.
- 5:23I
- 5:24also
- 5:24think
- 5:24there's
- 5:24a
- 5:24secondary
- 5:25benefit
- 5:26of
- 5:26driving
- 5:26people
- 5:27to
- 5:27your
- 5:27loyalty
- 5:27program,
- 5:28because
- 5:28if
- 5:29you,
- 5:29if
- 5:29you
- 5:29do
- 5:29it
- 5:29once
- 5:30or
- 5:30twice,
- 5:31waiting
- 5:31on
- 5:31someone
- 5:32like
- 5:32suddenly
- 5:32that
- 5:33if
- 5:33it's
- 5:33your
- 5:34corner
- 5:34store
- 5:34or
- 5:35the
- 5:35store
- 5:35that
- 5:35you
- 5:35shop
- 5:36the
- 5:36most,
- 5:36you're
- 5:37incentivized
- 5:37to
- 5:37join
- 5:38their
- 5:38loyalty
- 5:38program.
- 5:39So
- 5:39I
- 5:39think
- 5:39it's
- 5:39a
- 5:40two
- 5:40prong,
- 5:40reduced
- 5:41sh.
- 5:41Shrink,
- 5:41but
- 5:42also
- 5:43drive
- 5:44additional
- 5:45customers
- 5:45to
- 5:45your
- 5:45loyalty
- 5:46plan.
- 5:46Yeah.
- 5:47Wow.
- 5:47Yeah,
- 5:48it's
- 5:48a
- 5:48great.
- 5:48That's
- 5:48a
- 5:48great,
- 5:49great
- 5:49call
- 5:49because,
- 5:49yeah,
- 5:49we
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- 5:50a
- 5:50lot.
- 5:50We.
- 5:50And
- 5:50I
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- 5:51a
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- 5:51companies
- 5:51that
- 5:51are
- 5:52really
- 5:52talking
- 5:52about
- 5:53detection,
- 5:53but
- 5:54prevention
- 5:54is
- 5:54a
- 5:54whole
- 5:55nother
- 5:55ball
- 5:55game.
- 5:55So
- 5:55you
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- 5:56this
- 5:56on
- 5:56the
- 5:56prevention
- 5:57angle?
- 5:57All
- 5:57right,
- 5:58Chad,
- 5:58who,
- 5:58Who
- 5:58won.
- 5:59Who
- 5:59won
- 5:59the
- 5:59award
- 6:00here?
- 6:00Who
- 6:00takes
- 6:00home
- 6:00retail
- 6:01technology
- 6:01of
- 6:01the
- 6:02year?
- 6:02Oh,
- 6:03man.
- 6:03I,
- 6:03I
- 6:04continue
- 6:04to
- 6:04be
- 6:04the.
- 6:05You
- 6:05guys
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- 6:05your
- 6:05toes
- 6:06today.
- 6:08I
- 6:08mean,
- 6:09I,
- 6:09I
- 6:09like,
- 6:09I
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- 6:10David's
- 6:10of
- 6:11David
- 6:11Brown.
- 6:11All
- 6:12right,
- 6:12so
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- 6:13with.
- 6:13I'm
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- 6:14the
- 6:14invisible
- 6:14barcodes.
- 6:15All
- 6:16right.
- 6:16All
- 6:16right,
- 6:16Very
- 6:16nice.
- 6:17I
- 6:17love
- 6:17marketplaces,
- 6:18though.
- 6:18That
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- 6:18That's
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- 6:19an
- 6:19angle
- 6:19that
- 6:19I
- 6:19thought.
- 6:19Of
- 6:20for
- 6:20this
- 6:20question
- 6:20or.
- 6:21I
- 6:21know,
- 6:22I
- 6:22know.
- 6:22That
- 6:23was
- 6:23a
- 6:23good
- 6:23pick,
- 6:23Chris.