Foodservice

Impulsify designs unattended retail markets for apartment buildings

June 12, 2020

Impulsify Inc., a retail technology provider, has been contracted to design self-service Grab-and-Go markets for six apartment communities on the East Coast, according to a press release.

The self-service stores will bring packaged snacks, meals, beverages and convenience items to common areas in residential apartment buildings to increase revenue per unit and provide a new, profitable community amenity for residents while taking social distancing in retail to a new level.

Impulsify's cashless, technology-driven markets allow residents to avoid close quarters and long lines at grocery stores to get their essentials with the convenience of shopping in their own building. The self-pay kiosk reduces the community's concern of COVID-related liabilities such as cashier proximity and cross-contamination when cashiers handle the food and currency in the transaction.

"During this time of uncertainty and shift in economic reliability, Impulsify's self-pay technology and easy to implement retail designs present property developers, owners, and managers with no previous retail experience, a turn-key solution designed to benefit both the property and the people who live in it," Janine Williams, Impulsify CEO, said in the release.

Impulsify's on-premise residential retail model already services more than 500 residents at Greystar's Commons Park West Apartments Denver-based convenience store, Platte Street Mercantile.

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Image courtesy of Impulsify.