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Digitalising the shopping experience in this way may open the way for what retailers consider smart retail technology, but as two leading researchers in food retail have discovered, that technology is only as effective as the willingness of humans to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the rest of this article, complete with additional feature content, on the Research Features website<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/researchfeatures.com\/social-determinants-adopting-digital-grocery-retail-technology\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/researchoutreach.org\/articles\/fame-green-revolution-conventional-biodiesel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/mark><\/a>. 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