We are living through an unprecedented time as the entire world feels the impact of the COVID-19 virus. One of the hardest hit areas of our daily lives is the increased demand on…

SAN FRANCISCO— Retailers have incredibly challenging jobs, they manage thousands of SKUs, employees and stores while facing margin pressure from rising labor costs and the ongoing battle with online. With Amazon’s entry into the market, the stakes are now even higher. As the industry leader in AI-powered retail automation, Focal…

SAN FRANCISCO — Focal Systems, Inc., the industry leader in retail automation solutions, announced today that it has received a strategic investment from Zebra Ventures, the investment arm of Zebra Technologies, to scale the business of AI-powered retail technology products. …

Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its pilot of Focal Systems’ deep learning computer vision driven out-of-stock detection system from 4 to 50 stores. SAN FRANCISCO— Focal Systems, the industry leader in retail automation solutions, announced today that Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its Focal Systems pilot from four to 50…

Focal Systems’ CEO Francois Chaubard sat down with NVIDIA’s Noah Kravitz at NVIDIA GTC 2019 to discuss the future of retail and Focal Systems’ approach to automating brick and mortar retail through Deep Learning Computer Vision. Listen in, read the summary or read through the transcript below! Transcript Noah Kravitz…

Hailed as the future of retail, Amazon’s cashier-less Go stores have arguably been one of the most ambitious projects launched in the retail landscape in a long time. As an engineer myself, I am stunned by the scale and robustness of the system. Dilip Kumar, Jimmy Pang, and the rest…