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Retail Asia24/01/2019
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Living

Pricerite shows how it embraces robotic technology

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A lot of Hong Kong retailers are talking about technology right now, but before they even started, Pricerite founder and chairman Bankee Kwan was already embracing it. Now home to the first Pepper robot on customer service duty in a Hong Kong store and leading-edge online apps allowing shoppers to virtually place furniture in their […]
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Retail Asia16/01/2019
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Telecom

Telenor Pakistan hosts “The future of Machine Leaning & Artificial Intelligence”

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Stephen Brobst, CTO of Teradata, conducted an enlightening session on the future of Machine Learning (ML) &Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Telenor Pakistan headquarters ‘345’ in Islamabad. The session was attended by Telenor Pakistan employees and executives from across industries including Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan and President OICCI, Haroon Bhatti, Chief Business Officer (CBO) […]
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Retail Asia16/01/2019
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Logistics

GreyOrange to launch new products at LogiMAT 2019

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Robotics and warehouse automation company, GreyOrange, will launch its new modular sortation system and demonstrate upgraded versions of its Butler and PickPal at LogiMAT 2019, the 17th International Trade Fair for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management in Stuttgart, Germany on 19-21 February. Nowadays, retailers and logistics businesses face many new kinds of complexities and challenges […]
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Retail Asia16/01/2019
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Research

Remarkable Asian Enterprises That Will Have an Impact in 2019

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Southeast Asia has become a shining star with its several enterprises in the area. Singapore, especially, has become one of South Asia’s most attractive countries for entrepreneurs and investors, thanks to investments by technology companies, government support, and low tax rates. Singapore is closely followed by Malaysia and Indonesia in this competition. Malaysia, one of […]
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Retail Asia14/01/2019
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Electronics

LG and Naver are teaming up to make robots better

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LG Electronics and Naver are cooperating on the development of robotic capabilities. Their first project will use Naver’s mapping and navigation technology to improve the functionality of LG’s CLOi GuideBot. LG’s guiding robot is currently in operation at Incheon International Airport. It escorts travelers to certain destinations within the facility. Naver Labs, the research and […]
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Retail Asia11/01/2019
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Electronics

Samsung plans to release robots this year

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Samsung robots are coming this year. Kim Hyun-suk, president and head of Samsung Electronics’ consumer electronics division, said the company has been conducting research on the robotics market and is now preparing to launch several robots this year during a press conference with reporters on Monday, a day prior to the opening of the Consumer […]
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Retail Asia26/12/2018
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Food

How Pizza Hut is mixing technology with pizza

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Yum! Restaurants-led Pizza Hut is betting big on technology. The brand is investing technology at each every step from taking orders to delivery of the pizza. Elaborating more on the same, Managing Director, Pizza Hut (India Subcontinent), Yum! Restaurants, Unnat Varma said, “We are using technology in sorting out our kitchens. So kitchens are becoming better in terms of […]
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Retail Asia10/12/2018
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Research

Real human call centres still preferred : research

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New research reveals 75 per cent of shoppers prefer live-agent support for customer service verses 25 per cent support for self service and chatbots. The research, from cloud contact-centre operator NewVoiceMedia, identified consumer concerns about sharing sensitive information, a lack of understanding of bots and their inability to resolve issues. “Chatbots can provide customers with […]
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Retail Asia15/11/2018
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Food

JD.com’s First Robot Restaurant Now Open in Tianjin

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Chinese online retailer JD has opened its first fully automated robot restaurant in Tianjin. The 400sqm venue has opened as “XCafe” at the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, an area of Tianjin dedicated to environmental sustainability. XCafe is the first fully-automated restaurant in China, with all aspects of ordering, preparing, cooking, plating and serving performed by robots, […]
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Retail Asia09/11/2018
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Real Estate

When robot take over Hotel management

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An automated Alibaba hotel is set to open in Hangzhou. The move showcases the e-commerce giant’s technological capacity and serves to diversify its scope of business – with a view to demonstrating and selling its data-driven innovations. The company has claimed the hotel will be more efficient than manned properties within a comparable price range. […]
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Retail Asia07/11/2018
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Electronics

LG, E-mart develops smart-cart robot

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LG Electronics has signed an agreement with E-mart to develop a new type of service robot that can assist shoppers at its South Korean supermarkets. Under the agreement, the two companies will develop what they call a smart-cart robot that can automatically identify obstacles and follow shoppers as they walk through aisles. LG said the […]
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Retail Asia25/10/2018
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Automotive

Hyundai brings wearable robotics to factories

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The Hyundai Motor Group will expand the use of wearable robots at its facilities as it works to make robotics a major source of revenue, the company said Monday. Since September, Korea’s largest automaker has been testing the Hyundai Chairless Exoskeleton (H-CEX) at its North American factory. The H-CEX is an assistive robot for workers […]
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Retail Asia04/09/2018
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Food

Robots start serving Korea’s customers

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On the 31st floor of Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, southern Seoul, a polar bear-shaped robot is reading customers’ palms instead of their credit cards to take their payments. The robot can also answer simple questions and make different 3D faces, depending on the conversation topic. If a customer complains about stress, Veny offers up […]
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Retail Asia13/07/2018
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Living

When robots strolling around at Incheon Airport

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Incheon International Airport will deploy robot guides that can escort travelers to immigration and baggage claim areas from 21 July, in time for the summer peak season. The airport said it is first in the world to put robots into service, as opposed to testing them. The second-generation robot, dubbed Airstar, is an upgraded version […]
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