A brief analysis of the difference between unmanned convenience stores and vending machines

A brief analysis of the difference between unmanned convenience stores and vending machines. From many industry perspectives, the main feature of unmanned convenience stores and vending machines is that they are 'unmanned,' which means that they can reduce labor costs through unmanned retail, while still being able to achieve the demand for 24-hour shop opening. In fact, the spread of the concept of 'unmanned retail' is closely related to the difficulties encountered by physical stores in retail in recent years. With the rise of e-commerce, the penetration of the physical retail market has gradually deepened, and news of physical stores closing and layoffs is not uncommon. In addition, the cost of rent, water, electricity, and labor in offline stores has continued to rise, making it more difficult for physical retail to compare prices with e-commerce. Therefore, if physical retail wants to reduce operating costs, 'unmanned' Obviously a good choice. The emergence of 'unmanned convenience stores' can actually be said to be the result of the current high-tech products such as online payment, Internet of Things, and image recognition. In the past, the Internet focused on 'meeting 80% of the needs of 80% of users.' In the future, manual addition will further improve the transaction efficiency of the entire system. Convenience stores can 'meet 99% of the daily needs of one user.' In fact, all the unmanned retail forms currently on the market can be divided into two types. One is high-tech stores that require cutting-edge technologies such as computer vision, sensor fusion, deep learning, and biometrics, such as 'Binguo Box'. The self-service payment type unmanned convenience store has low technology content, no sensors and cameras, and can solve the problem only to save costs and make the payment process faster. A more high-tech store such as 'Tao Coffee' can digitize all customer behavior information captured by sensors and cameras. From entering to leaving the door, all the actions of the guests can be digitized. After calculating with the big data algorithm model in the background, Get a lot of valuable information, and conduct a more intuitive analysis on the arrangement and sales of goods. The purpose of 'unmanned' is not just to simply subvert the traditional retail market, but to break the current bottleneck of e-commerce-visible and intangible. This problem is still a barrier between e-commerce and consumers. Although e-commerce has basically realized direct connection with users, it has also removed the layer of agency channels under the traditional business model of physical retail and realized The price advantage, but only relying on online technology to enrich users' choices through the evaluation mechanism, obviously cannot satisfy users. In order to obtain a more realistic experience, many users still choose to go to physical stores to consume. After reading the above introduction about the difference between unmanned convenience stores and vending machines, I believe everyone has a better understanding of it. In the future, we will continue to release the latest industry information on Guangdong vending machines and Guangdong unmanned vending machines. I believe there will be content you need. Previous: The new era is coming, traditional vending machines are facing obsolescence Next: Ice cream vending machines are popular among merchants