SAN FRANCISCO: Simbe Robotics and Decathlon USA have announced a partnership to bring Simbe’s Tally, the world’s first fully-autonomous inventory robot, to Decathlon.
The partnership kicked off with the deployment of Tally in the sporting goods retailer’s inaugural US store located in San Francisco.
Earlier this year, Simbe announced the integration of RFID technology, and Decathlon is one of the first retailers in the world to partner with Simbe to leverage Tally’s RFID capabilities. Tally will use RFID and computer vision technology to capture, report, and analyze the quantity and location of store inventory, traditionally a task required of the store team members.
“When launching our first store in San Francisco, a city at the forefront of innovation, we invested in ground-breaking technology that could help us rethink the brick-and-mortar retail experience,” said Tony Leon, chief technology officer at Decathlon. “RFID tagging was pivotal in helping us better manage our inventory. As we look to the next chapter of retail innovation, Tally enables our team to focus on cultivating unique experiences and sharing advice tailored to each customer’s athletic passions.”
Tally is the country’s leading solution to help solve the “ghost economy” that costs global retailers nearly $1.75 trillion annually as a result of high demand in-store environments and on-shelf blind spots. Since launching in 2015, Tally has been deployed by 11 leading international retailers, and is now equipped with industry-leading RFID scanning technology.
Simbe’s technology provides the following services for Decathlon:
Precise storewide inventory audits and regular cycle counts
Alerts for out of stock items or low inventory
Location and identification of misplaced products at sub-meter accuracy
Visual audits of merchandise and inventory layout optimization
“Decathlon’s uniquely designed San Francisco flagship store is an environment that fosters significant interaction between customers, product, and store associates; with that comes unique merchandising challenges,” said Simbe Robotics CEO Brad Bogolea. “Decathlon has deployed Tally in a uniquely customer-centric environment, leveraging Tally’s RFID capabilities to capture real-time insight into product flow, pricing, and availability by providing precise inventory audits and cycle counts, in addition to sharing the location of each product in store.”
