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The River Café

London restaurant, The River Café, has announced a partnership with same-day courier Gophr.

This comes as it expands its delivery service, following a trial with Gophr that kicked off in November and peaked at 180 orders delivered across three days in the week before Christmas.

San Jose State University (SJSU) Ginger Market

The San Jose State University (SJSU) Ginger Market in the US has been transformed into an autonomous retail experience, enabling students, faculty, and staff to purchase items, without having to scan anything or wait in line to pay.

This store sells an assortment of items, including a variety of pan-Asian snacks and meals, made-in-house sushi, poke bowls, locally roasted coffee, popular beverages, and mochi.

The university worked with Chartwells Higher Education and Standard AI to retrofit the market without ceasing store operations or altering its layout. Standard AI was able to integrate fully with retail operations, including inventory management systems and visual merchandising.

Using AI powered computer vision systems mounted throughout the store, the system identifies the products shoppers select and automatically records the purchases on the SJSJ Boost mobile app, eliminating time spent at traditional checkout areas.

Zapp

Rapid grocery delivery startup Zapp offered a 24/7 Croe Beluga Caviar service to Londoners this Valentine’s Day.

Zapp’s Valentine’s offering also included Diptyque candles, Charbonnel et Walker Pink Marc de Champagne chocolate truffles, Ruinart champagne, as well as a selection of, erm, fruity items such as edible candy underwear from Ann Summers and sex toys from Lelo (who says romance is dead – Ed) ..

VkusVill

Russian health foods brand and food tech company, VkusVill, has opened its first cashierless store in Moscow.

Located at 1 Testovskaya Street, the micro-mart has an area of ​​52 sqm.

It offers around 220 SKUs, including a range of prepared meals and sandwiches, groceries, pre-packed fruits and vegetables, drinks, desserts and dairy products.

The store was developed in partnership with AI-based technologies venture Neurus. It has no store assistants or cashiers – an employee only visits the store in the morning to stock the shelves with fresh products.

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