Presenting a vision for the future distribution industry through the total introduction of innovative retail tech
Shinsegae I&C (CEO Kim Jang-wook) participated in Europe's largest distribution industry exhibition'EuroShop 2020 (hereinafter Euroshop)' held in Dusseldorf, Germany for 5 days from February 16 to 20 (local time). Presenting a retail tech vision.
Euroshop is Europe's largest distribution industry exhibition held in Germany every three years, with a total of 2,340 companies from 57 countries and more than 110,000 visitors.
Shinsegae I&C opened a booth 5 times larger than'NRF 2020' in New York, USA in January, and presents a vision for future retail tech. In addition to the'NRF 2020', which was mainly exhibited in the 'Cloud POS', advanced equipment such as self-calculation counters and smart bending machines are also exhibited.
Shinsegae I&C will showcase a large number of retail teakings at 'Euro Shop 2020.' △Self-Scanning Robot, CloudPOS and Cloud Membership, Smart Bending Machine, and Self-Checkout will be introduced with 4 themes.
In particular, Shinsegae I&C's first "Madae Scan Robot" unveiled at Euroshop 2020 is a robot that combines computer vision technology, data analysis, and self-driving technologies to visit distribution stores to find out the display status of products and help them manage inventory in real time. For the first time in Korea, Shinsegae I&C and E-Mart S Lab jointly developed it.
"CloudPOS" and "Cloud Membership," which received a lot of attention at the last 1 will "NRF 2020," also made their debut. "Cloud POS" is a new concept solution that places various business logic of POS on cloud servers, including many payment functions such as credit cards and simple payments, and uses only functions that corporate customers want. Its own membership service that provides benefits and convenience functions to customers through "cloud membership" also has the advantage of being quick and easy to make.
In addition, the company has also organized a theme-specific experience zone, including a self-checkout counter (SCO) that allows users to use various payment methods such as cards, cash, and gift certificates, and a smart bending machine that can sell various products such as fresh food, cosmetics, and smart devices.
"This year, Shinsegae I&C will continue to introduce innovative retail technologies to the global market with its vision of becoming a 'global retail tech company' and step up efforts to expand its business," said Sohn Jung-hyun, executive vice president of Shinsegae I&C's IT business division.
"Euroshop 2020 will serve as a venue for opportunities to prove the technological prowess and potential of Korea's retail technology in Europe and other global markets and create new markets," he said.