Intuit Heads to the Aisle with Aislebuyer

Late to this one, but thought I would close the books on my coverage of the in retail-buying system Aislebuyer, developed by my former colleague Andrew Paradise, and mentioned here a number of times.   It was sold this past April to Intuit. Which will give Intuit some interesting further presence in the retail aisle beyond their other POS system.   Congratulations to Andrew.

Further now Andrew has started a multiplayer gaming site called Skillz.    An article about Skillz here. And a further explanatory video.  " .... Skillz Says Real-Money Betting in Mobile Games Is Paying Off ... ".  Intriguing idea which dances around the definition of games and betting.   Will follow up on this.  Good luck Andrew.

Front End Shopper Behavior

In POPAI:  A diagrammatic look at shopper front end and check out behavior.  This is an infographic that I like, because it shows how things work, as opposed to being a replacement for a data visualization, that shows quantitative relationships.

Kroger Checkout Time Technology

Good USA Today article on a number of methods that Kroger is using to improve checkout times.    A high labor cost in retail, and frequent complaint of shoppers.  We examined a number of shopper assisted checkout methods in our lab environments.

" ...  "Nobody likes to wait in line," said Marnette Perry, senior vice president of operations and strategic initiatives at Cincinnati-based Kroger. "If we wanted to develop loyalty from our customers, we really had to respect their time and improve the checkout experience."
By year's end, the nation's largest grocer expects to complete the installation of overhead infrared sensors that count customers in all 2,424 supermarkets operated by Kroger. In the past few years, the retailer has quietly widened the use of technology to analyze most popular shopping times to better staff cash registers.... "