[JOB Trend] The reality of unmanned store entrepreneurship and startups?!

 

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[Interns Run] Entrepreneurship is changing… The heyday of unmanned stores

*Source_Monthly JoongAng Intern Reporter

• “Good value for money, good because you don’t have to worry about the staff”
• As wages increase due to COVID-19, everyone is taking on the challenge of starting an unmanned store.
• “Open the store and travel”... The truth is that grievances such as customer and theft still persist.

<Untact era, unmanned store start-up special>

Source_Lina Heyday Foundation

1. 2nd year of coin laundry, Youngwan Kim ‘Monthly sales of 2.5 million won, business report card of 2nd year of coin laundry’

2. 1st year of dog shower, Mr. Lee Yong-chan ‘Unmanned dog shower with an investment of 30 million won, what is the profit after 1 year of establishment?’

3. 1st year at the ice cream shop, Cho Yong-sang ‘How much does an unmanned ice cream shop that pops up in every neighborhood make?’

4. 6 months into the unmanned cafe, Mr. Byeongsu Kim ‘Revolt of vending machine coffee, what are the actual results of unmanned cafe startups?’

<The reality of starting an unmanned store>

[House Money] “Should I start an unmanned store?”... How to make money vs. road to ruin

*Source_SBS Biz

◇ ‘How Money’, a 100-minute financial know-how money show - Kim Sang-hoon, CEO of Startup Tong TV

Source_Seoul 2022.11.3/News 1 Reporter Kwon Hyun-jin At the ‘67th Franchise Startup Expo’, visitors are looking at unmanned alcohol and cigarette vending machines.

The era of life’s trifecta… ‘One-person startup’ unmanned store technology created by startups

Source_Money Today

According to the venture and startup industry on June 19 of last year, startups that have entered the unmanned store market are contributing to lowering the entry barrier for one-person entrepreneurship by introducing various technologies that increase the efficiency and safety of store owners' store management and enhance user convenience. .

  In the United States, unmanned store-related startups are gaining momentum, with Standard AI, an unmanned store payment solution startup, receiving 166.7 billion won in investment from Softbank Vision Fund in early 2021 and becoming a unicorn (an unlisted company with a corporate value of more than 1 trillion won).

  Finders AI, a store automation artificial intelligence (AI) technology company, has developed a completely unmanned solution where automatic payment is made when a customer enters, picks up an item, and immediately leaves.

  Based on AI deep learning and computer vision technology, 4D Pose Estimation and item movement tracking and analysis are used to recognize purchase with high accuracy and then make payment, and payment information is delivered to the customer immediately upon exit.

  This technology is designed to reduce initial facility investment costs and increase profitability by introducing it to general stores. Accuracy was improved with deep learning technology while using inexpensive 2D general CCTV cameras instead of expensive LiDAR sensors.

  HireX, which operates a regular management service for unmanned stores based on the region, plans to join hands with Capstech, a comprehensive facility management company, to provide store owners with specialized professional services and emergency dispatch services for each type, including beautification, parking, sterilization, and pest control.

  Odin Robotics also developed a solution to prevent crimes such as theft that can occur at unmanned convenience stores. Through AI, the store's users' actions of picking up and paying for items are detected and tracked to identify theft.

  Startups developing unmanned robots specialized for the restaurant industry are also notable. RGT aims to make stores unmanned through serving robots. 'Servot', developed by RGT, is capable of recognizing glass walls, etc. through an algorithm that recognizes transparent objects and makes evasive maneuvers.

  RGTI's 'Smart Restaurant System' streamlines business management by linking kiosks, table orders, and POS systems used in existing restaurants. This system, which was introduced to the robot cafe in Eco Delta City, a smart city pilot city last year, proved its level of stability by recording zero errors.

  Helper Robotics developed a kitchen-oriented serving robot by miniaturizing the logistics robot used in smart factories to fit the restaurant industry. Up to 100 units can be remotely controlled through a multi-control interlocking system. The explanation is that the store owner can operate the hall and delivery of a 30 pyeong store alone.

  Unmanned operations are also taking place in the laundry industry. Food, Drinks and Housing Company, which operates the laundry service ‘Laundry’, introduced ‘Laundry 24’, an unmanned laundromat that combines dry cleaning and coin laundromat in April last year. As of the end of last year, it surpassed its 100th branch and is rapidly expanding, especially in areas with many single-person households.

  XYG, which operates the unmanned robot cafe LOUNGE'Xr, was the first unmanned robot cafe to implement a restaurant hygiene rating system and was designated as 'very good'. It is a certification system to increase the hygiene level of stores, prevent hygiene accidents, and guarantee consumers’ choice.

  Lounge XR is an unmanned cafe brand that uses the collaborative robot ‘Baris’. Starting with the introduction of this hygiene rating system, XYG plans to develop safer and more hygienic food and beverage service robot technology.

  In addition, companies entering the unmanned store market are appearing one after another in various vertical areas, such as Pet Ground, which operates an unmanned 24-hour pet supply store, and Escal Direction, which launched an unmanned print shop.

  There are also startups that have delved into niche markets with services that respond to problems with unmanned device failures. Widget Nuri quickly resolves their inconveniences by filtering failure data and enabling preemptive measures through technical support for unmanned store distributors and kiosk manufacturers.

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Urgent need to upgrade proven unmanned stores

*Source_Startup & Franchise Newspaper

The minimum wage is scheduled to increase to 9,860 won in 2024, and including weekly holiday allowances, labor costs per person are well over 12,000 won per day. Ultimately, the unmanned store market is an irresistible wave. As we enter the WithCorona era, the unmanned trend will continue to grow further. Accordingly, prospective entrepreneurs need to make accurate judgments regarding wise investment returns and lifespan curves.