Multi-form development of unmanned retail, high comprehensive application value of vending machines

Unmanned retailing refers to the provision of a faster and better shopping experience in an unmanned or few-person environment. It is mainly divided into unmanned vending machines, traditional store automation technology applications, unmanned boxes, etc. It is the development of the next five to ten years Faster retail format. Form 1: Vending machine Vending machine is the earliest unmanned retail form. It is a machine that consumers choose to pay and deliver goods, such as Youbao vending machine. Vending machines are mainly placed in crowded places such as airports, subway stations, campuses, hospitals, factories, etc. to meet the sudden purchase behaviors of consumers; a single cabinet covers an area of u200bu200bseveral square meters, with dozens of SKUs, and can be expanded to account for multiple cabinets. There are dozens of square meters of land and hundreds of SKUs; mainly beverage vending machines, snack machines, and new products such as juice machines, coconut machines, wine machines, and adult products machines continue to appear. Form 2: Physical store technology upgrades. New technologies are applied to traditional stores. The use of unmanned technologies, such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, electronic monitoring, etc., transform traditional stores to improve operational efficiency and customer experience, such as Amazon Go, Alibaba.com coffee. In December 2016, Amazon trial-run the first unmanned convenience store Amazon Go in Seattle. It is currently in the closed beta stage and is only open to Amazon employees. Amazon Go has an operating area of u200bu200bapproximately 167 square meters and can accommodate no more than 20 people at a time. The products are mainly food, fast food, and fresh food. Consumers use the Amazon APP to scan the code to enter the store. When purchasing goods, the camera on the shelf will capture and record the goods picked up or put down. The infrared sensor, pressure sensor, load sensor, etc. can be used to identify whether the consumer has placed the goods. When the shopping basket is put back to the original place, the consumer's shopping information is transmitted to the store's information center in real time; when checking out, the consumer directly leaves the store, and the store automatically settles the corresponding amount on the Amazon account. In July 2017, Alibaba launched the unmanned convenience store Tao Coffee at the Taobao Creation Festival. The business area of u200bu200bTao Coffee is about 200 square meters, which is divided into a supermarket area (without staff) and a catering area (with a small number of staff), which can accommodate about 50 people at a time. Consumers enter the store through the mobile Taobao APP by scanning the code. After the purchase is completed, they need to pass through two settlement doors. When the first door senses the consumer’s need to leave the store, it will open. After the consumer walks out of the first door, the system The purchased goods will be automatically identified and settled. After the settlement is completed, the second door will automatically open and the consumer will leave the store. Format 3: Unmanned shelves, unmanned boxes and other formats Since 2016, unmanned shelves and unmanned boxes have emerged. (1) Unmanned open shelves, which are mainly set up in office spaces. Consumers pick up goods and pay via QR codes on the shelves. Typical representatives include Xianjian, Snacks, and Snack Bars. Compared with vending machines, the cost of opening shelves is low (the cost of vending machines is 20,000~25,000 yuan, and the cost of opening shelves is 100~300 yuan). Generally, there is no rent for occupancy. The disadvantage is that the loss rate is difficult to control. For example, each shelf can place more than 40 SKUs and 300 items on each shelf, and it can be restocked up to daily. It has already entered Johnson u0026 Johnson, China Ping An, Meituan Dianping, Youke Workshop, Fenji Le and other companies. (2) Unmanned boxes, the floor area, product category, and SKU are generally between vending machines and unmanned convenience stores. They are mostly set up in closed or semi-enclosed communities, office buildings, shopping malls, etc., which are easy to disassemble and move, such as Bingo Box, TakeGo, EATBOX, WellGO, etc. The above information is provided by vending machine manufacturers. Please mark the reprint. Previous post: Unmanned stores are not yet mature. The rapid rise of vending machines