The Internet of Things Consortium curates monthly reports for its members focusing on five categories of IoT – smart cities, connected homes, wearables, autonomous vehicles/transportation and retail transformation.

This month’s IoTC SmartReport focuses on “What’s next for connected retail?”

It contains a discussion of:

Market statistics and forecasts from leading analyst firms

from leading analyst firms Select recent investments, including Kroger’s service partnership with Ocado Group, Walmart’s partnership with Eko, and funding received by Mystore-E

including Kroger’s service partnership with Ocado Group, Walmart’s partnership with Eko, and funding received by Mystore-E Connected retail developments, such as driverless grocery deliveries by Stop & Shop, the interactive fitting rooms introduced at the NRF Big Show by American Eagle Outfitters, Ashley Furniture collaborating with Verizon Media for an augmented reality program involving products in 3D, and Sam’s Club testing new technologies from its Dallas Innovation Center

such as driverless grocery deliveries by Stop & Shop, the interactive fitting rooms introduced at the NRF Big Show by American Eagle Outfitters, Ashley Furniture collaborating with Verizon Media for an augmented reality program involving products in 3D, and Sam’s Club testing new technologies from its Dallas Innovation Center How retailers are experimenting with store-of-the-future concepts

are experimenting with store-of-the-future concepts Consumer Research

How the deployment of self-checkout technologies gets shoppers out of stores more quickly

of self-checkout technologies gets shoppers out of stores more quickly Why a wide range of collaborations are emerging among retailers, automakers, and robotics companies