Protection of theft in American drugs: Telephone makes products accessible behind glass

For years in the United States Problems with theft of shop – Evantic drugstore with supermarkets and integrated pharmacy (drug stores) are affected. It recently leads to the fact that more and more expensive products disappear from the plexiglas behind offsmith, they sleep detergent, shaving foam or sleeping. To shop here, you will always have to call the crew of the store to check that you are a valid customer-then protective containers are opened using NFC keys. Thus shopping experience ends and takes more time. One of the large American drugstore chains now wants to take counterous: In CVS you can use showcases, with the help of a smartphone.

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Even open showcases

As the Wall Street Journal report, there will be new technology After introducing the revised version of CVS app Now the first shops were tested. However, there are some essential conditions for this: “Users must be registered, book in local business wlan and activate the active Bluetooth on your device to activate the function,” it said. A total of three CVS stores in the pilot are nationwide, 10 to 15 should be added to another step. All stores were then followed, according to the responsible manager Tilak Mandadi, who leads the “Ventures” area and is a digital boss. The USA has more than 9000 CVS stores.

Registered apps opening showcases by users should ensure that the function is not used by thieves. Apart from iPhone, also Selected Android Equipment Supports. Now you use the app “probability – which is tested in a handful of stores – using the app to open the locked showcase and thus access to the goods,” writes CVS.

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Manager comes from tourism

Mandadi, who himself comes from the tourism sector and works in MGM Resorts and Disney Park, insisted against the Wall Street Journal, he is “always about customer experience”. He is constantly thinking “how to optimize the convenience for the customer and to save him stress and puzzle rates”.

In fact, many customers are currently spending their time in the CVS shop to search for employees opening showcases, meaning that they cannot work in their actual jobs in the cash register area or while filling the shelves. However, the app should also provide more data about customers to the company, as it also offers discounts.

(BSC)