Retail technology veteran Glenn Faulkner moves on up at autonomous stores specialist AiFi
Glenn Faulkner has taken on the role of Hardware Product Manager at checkout-free stores firm AiFi.
Faulkner joined the company in 2020, as Technical Program Manager, and was most recently Solutions Architect.
Prior to AiFi, he was Client Delivery Analyst at Bossa Nova Robotics.
His CV also includes stints as E-commerce Manager at J E James Cycles and IT Infrastructure Engineer at Maplin Electronics.
He is also part of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Tech Influencers List.
Aldi UK
Aldi recently added a contactless card payment option to its AiFi technology powered checkout-free Shop&Go store in Greenwich, London.
As a result, customers no longer need to download Aldi’s Shop&Go app to access the store, which opened in January 2022.
In a LinkedIn post, Kalle Kroll, Manager Strategy & Innovation at Aldi South Group, said: “Two years after opening the first checkout-free Aldi store, I am proud to say that the joint project team in Mülheim, London, and Atherstone, has realised the next iteration of Aldi Shop&Go. This is an incredible project, and every day I appreciate being part of it.”
He added: “Customers are at the focus of what we do at Aldi IT Innovation. Now by introducing an additional customer journey, we are addressing a key customer need."
“We are enabling customers to enter the checkout-free store even quicker, and without needing to download an app: Just hold your card or Apple/Google Pay against the reader, do your shop and go.’
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