Automated retail enables self-service among the customers; one can find this in the form of standalone kiosks in heavily crowded locations such as malls  Cheap Oakland Athletics Jersey , airports, and resorts. Automated retailing involves the use of various tools which in turn can help reduce the retail associated labor costs in retailing.
These automated retailing machines let the consumers select products by using a touchscreen interface and then, pay for purchases made, using a credit or debit card. The product is then dispensed, sometimes even via an internal robotic arm of a machine.
Few examples of automated stores from around the world are ZoomShops, BigStore by Magex  Cheap New York Yankees Jersey , Redbox, and Spot Shops by Signifi.
Automation has been a playing a major role in the continuous growth of the retail sector. Walmart, Kroger, Tesco, and Metro are some of the biggest retail giants that are contributing significantly to the growth of the retail automation market. Hence, the retail companies have started investing large amounts in the automation products and services so as to cut down on costs and boost their efficiency at the same time. These solutions can not only enhance the efficiency of the retail store operations  Cheap New York Mets Jersey , but also enhance the customer experience. The retail automated products such as barcode reader, currency counter, cash register, bill printer, kiosks are some of the self-servicing systems that are helping in improving the existing retailing process.
The retail automation market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.41% over the forecasted period 2014-2020. The growing retail sector, increasing number of retails and benefits could be looked at as an opportunity by the potential investors  Cheap Minnesota Twins Jersey , as one can clearly foresee a growing demand for the retail automation market.
The Asia Pacific region is home to more than half of the human beings in the world. The region has a steady economic growth. The GDP growth for the period 2014-2015 is forecasted to be more than 5%, which indeed is result of the growing global economy, good labor markets and robust credit growth. China, India and Japan are in fact the leading exporters of consumer goods to the various parts of the world. China usually exports more than $2 trillion worth of goods around the world all the time. These exports vary from industrial goods to homecare to stationary to other consumer related goods. The healthy export levels in this region can be a good opportunity for the retail automation sector as well.
A similar growth can also be noticed in the European region now. In the year 2012, the retail and the wholesale services represented about 11% of EU's GDP. There are currently more than 6 million companies active in this sector. There have been changes in the retail market in Europe in the last few years. This because, more and more retail companies have opened up multiple product lines. The demand for consumer goods in the EU region varies from country to country. In countries like Portugal  Cheap Milwaukee Brewers Jersey , Spain, Greece and Italy, which are still battling the economic downturn have lesser demand for these products. The unemployment rate was more than 15% in 2014 and more than 25% in Spain, which reduced the spending capacity of the people in the region. But in countries like Russia, Poland and Turkey on the other hand, this demand is increasing. Turkey is one of the countries in the EU region  Cheap Miami Marlins Jersey , which is rapidly growing with the increasing GDP that was about 1.7% in the first quarter of 2014. In Turkey, the number of shopping centers, supermarkets and hypermarkets opening up is also increasing. For this huge retail market, the need or the demand for retail automation is bound to go up.
Some of the major vendors manufacturing retail automation solutions mentioned in the report are Siemens, Fujistu, Casio  Cheap Los Angeles Dodgers Jersey , Motorola, Honeywell, Toshiba, Seiko Epson, NCR Corporation, First Data Corporation and Wincor Nixdorf.

NAIROBI  Cheap Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Jersey , Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Former New York Marathon champion Stanley Biwott has shaken off a persistent hamstring injury and will be among the elite runners gunning for the Chicago Marathon title on Oct. 8.

Biwott, 31, was forced to withdraw from London Marathon in April through injury and has had four months to go through rehabilitation and is optimistic he will have what it takes to claim the title in Chicago next month.

"The hamstring injury is gone and now the focus is on winning in Chicago. It is good they have given me an opportunity to test myself and I will take it with passion to prove myself as one of the best athletes in marathon," he said on Thursday from Eldoret.

In 2016, Biwott finished second at the London Marathon in a personal best of 2:03:51.

That time makes him one of fewer than 10 men to have run a sub-2:04 marathon on a record-eligible course. In fact he is the seventh fastest man, though that might change with the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

"I had good plans for 2017. I thought I had the injury under control but the problem got worse. I pledged to return strong and here I am. Let see what Chicago course can provide  Cheap Kansas City Royals Jersey ," he said.

Fast time will be part of his strategy but he ruled out going for the world record, which now stands at 2:02.57 by compatriot Dennis Kimetto.

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