Icelandic consumers welcome self-checkout solutions
The positive reaction shown by consumers to new self-checkout solutions in grocery stores in Iceland resulted in Advania receiving the NCR Innovation Award.
The groceries market in Iceland has undergone significant changes recently. It was only a matter of months from installation of the first self-checkout kiosk in a grocery store in Iceland to three of the four main grocery chains placing orders for the same kind of equipment.
The kiosks are manufactured by NCR, a global leader in kiosk solutions. Advania sells and services the system, which has been comprehensively tested internationally and is extremely simple to use.
Consumers have, therefore, shown very positive reactions to the solution, and its adoption into the Icelandic market has been a resounding success. Over the next few years, the self-checkout solutions will be installed in more shops throughout Iceland. The objective of doing so is to reduce workloads during peak periods and to shorten queues at check-out.
It has been shown quite clearly over the course of the year that a large proportion of customers prefer to use efficient self-checkout solutions. For this reason, Advania recently received the NCR Innovation Award for exceptional achievement in the adoption and presentation of new solutions in the market.
“The groceries sector in Iceland has been quick to react and has taken huge steps to meet the demands of modern customers. Consumer responses to self-checkout solutions have been extremely positive and completely in tune with what our neighbouring countries have experienced. We are delighted that these simple solutions can reduce workloads in shops,” says Ægir Már Þórisson, CEO Advania Iceland.
For more information:
Ægir Már Þórisson
CEO of Advania Iceland
Tel: +354 864 98 41
Email: aegir.thorisson@advania.is
About Advania
Advania is a Nordic IT corporation, operating in 22 locations in Sweden, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark. The company focuses on helping customers to improve their performance with innovative use of best available IT platforms and services. Advania serves thousands of corporate customers, multinational enterprises, governments and public institutions, big, small and medium-sized companies in all aspects of society. Advania traces its roots to 1939 when an Icelandic entrepreneur founded an office equipment repair workshop in Reykjavik. In the following decades, three separate branches of IT-companies evolved in three Nordic countries, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway. In 2012 they were braided into one and Advania was formed. For further information, please visit www.advania.com.
