Automated-service retail system and method

A system for implementing an automated store service model, the system comprising:

• a physical store location;
• an order processing tool at the physical store location configured to receive information from a good hand-picked by a customer, the information comprising an identification of the good, and the order processing tool configured to present the customer with measured information relating to non-fungible goods enabling the customer to select a specific non-fungible good from a single category of non-fungible goods;
• a display at the physical store location for displaying images associated with the measured information of the non-fungible goods available for selection, the customer or proxy for the customer selecting the specific non-fungible good from the single category of non-fungible goods using the order processing tool based on the images and measured information for the non-fungible goods;
• a non-fungible goods fulfillment tool at the physical store location configured to tally the specific non-fungible good hand-picked by the customer, and selected by the customer after viewing images and measured information for the one or more non-fungible goods from the display;
• an automated service fulfillment tool at the physical store location configured to instruct automated robots to pick one or more fungible goods included within the at least one order;
• a delivery section at the physical store location for combining the one or more hand-picked non-fungible goods with the one or more fungible goods for delivery to the customer or a delivery proxy for the customer.

A system for implementing an automated store service model, the system comprising:

• a physical marketplace comprising:
• non-fungible goods sections configured to present one or more non-fungible goods to a customer or customer proxy for picking of specific ones of the non-fungible goods for purchase,
• a screen adjacent to a non-fungible good section of the non-fungible goods sections, the screen configured to display a virtual image of a fungible good related to the non-fungible good to which the screen is adjacent, the screen allowing the customer or customer proxy to select the fungible good for purchase;
• an automated service fulfillment tool configured to instruct automated robots to pick one or more fungible goods selected by the customer or customer proxy, including the fungible good selected by the screen;
• a delivery section for combining the one or more hand-picked non-fungible goods with the one or more fungible goods for delivery to the customer or a delivery proxy for the customer.