The new retail trend is irreversible, the future trend of unmanned vending machines is the most important

Zeng Ming, Chief Strategy Officer of Alibaba Group and Director of Education of Lakeside University, once said: “In the future, there will be one unmanned sales opportunity. In a specific scenario, it will reach the mini supermarket of users within 100 meters, and use the advantages of smart hardware + IOT to interact with users. Interaction is a very exciting future! '　　 Just as Liang Yunfei, the founder of Jingguo Group, said: In the past ten years, the trend of Internet retail has passed, and smart retail is the mainstream of future retail.　　 New retail is a hot topic at the moment. Some people say that unmanned convenience is new retail; some people say that online and offline omni-channel services are new retail; others say that it relies on artificial intelligence big data.　　What exactly is'new retail'　　As the name suggests, new retail is a'new retail approach', but new retail is not simply changing the original traditional retail approach. It pursues more, faster, better, and more economical.　　 The unmanned stores in recent years are a form of new retail. New retail has become an irreversible development trend in the future, unmanned mode is inevitable, and unmanned vending machines are the most important trend in the future. It is hailed as one of the most profitable tools in the next five years.　　 Why do you say that? Because unmanned vending machines not only have the advantages of big data and convenience of unmanned stores, but also explode unmanned stores in profitability.　　1. Low cost　　 At present, the continuous increase in store + labor costs is an irreversible trend, which will only get higher and higher. Therefore, reducing store rental costs and reducing labor costs are inevitable choices for upgrading traditional stores. Compared with traditional storefronts, unmanned vending machines have a small footprint and do not need to consider the issue of labor costs. They are also unmanned retail. Unlike Ma Yun's unmanned supermarket, it requires more than a dozen shop assistants to maintain order and tally goods. The difference is that the unmanned vending machine does not require a salesperson, and consumers purchase goods completely self-service, and the simple and convenient way of purchase and payment has fully met the needs of consumers.　　2, high anti-theft performance　　 the quality of consumers varies, and the credit system is still under construction. Thefts happen from time to time in unmanned stores, and they bother the operation of unmanned stores. Even the Internet has been able to collect a list of free guides to go to unmanned stores to eat and drink. The operation of unmanned stores requires high quality of consumers, and unmanned vending machines avoid this problem. Pay first and pick up the goods. , This method will not affect the consumer's buying experience, but also provides a guarantee for the merchant.　　3, the layout speed is faster, the scope is wider　　The unmanned vending machine has a small footprint, flexible placement, and can quickly occupy business opportunities, which is a great advantage for companies that want to quickly occupy the entrance as a strategy. The unmanned store still needs to carefully consider the location. Appropriate store location and store size are all factors that have to be taken into consideration.　　The new retail trend is irreversible　　The space is relatively closed and the competition is low. In addition, when choosing a spot, you also need to look at the quality of the flow of people. It is not necessarily good if there is a large number of people. For example, the sign of the train station has a particularly large flow of people. It is the place where everyone gets on and off, but everyone is busy. Very few people will stop to buy things while getting on and off the bus, and it is much better to put the vending machine in the waiting room!