Computer vision technologies can deliver a huge amount of value for retailers, but it can be complex technology to implement. At every step of the way, Iceland and SAI have partnered to solve technical and practical problems.
Although nobody outside of the company has a precise idea of the costs and difficulties involved in fitting out a store, what we can say for certain is that even with Amazon’s inexhaustible budgets, deploying thirty stores has taken over three years.
As a company, SAI has always taken great care when developing our systems and training our models to ensure that we not only “do no harm”, but that we actively “do what is right”.
CPG brands are looking to re-invent themselves to face the new future, remaining relevant to a new generation of consumers in a new era of retail. One of the trends we are seeing is a move towards dramatically reducing environmental impact generally, and plastic packaging more particularly.