Category: supermarket

Amazon may open checkout-free supermarkets early next year

Post author By Randall
Post date November 20, 2019
Categories In Amazon, amazon go, business, cashierless store, cashless, checkout, grocery, license, licensing, retail, shopping, supermarket, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Amazon opened its first checkout-free store in early 2018, and it has said it could open as many as 3,000 cashierless Amazon Go stores by 2021. So far, most have been smaller convenience stores, but people have speculated that it’s only a matter of time before Amazon brings the cashierless checkout to large supermarkets. […]

The UK gets its first checkout-free grocery store

Post author By Randall
Post date April 30, 2019
Categories In app, business, checkout, gear, groceries, london, Mobile, sainsburys, self-scan, services, shopping, supermarket, Tech, till-free, tomorrow

[ad_1] It’s not quite as ground-breaking as what’s being done by Amazon with its Amazon Go stores. Here, customers just pick up whatever they want and a combination of sensors and cameras makes sure they’re billed automatically when they leave the store — Sainsburys’ tech requires a bit of work by the customer. However, the […]

Ford’s futuristic shopping cart can brake on its own

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In Ford, gear, pre-collisonassist, self-braking, self-brakingtrolly, sensor, supermarket, Tech, Transportation

[ad_1] Ford is blaming your kids for shopping cart mishaps, which seems a bit unfair. “Children love to copy adults — when they push a trolley, to their minds, it’s like they are behind the wheels of a car — with long, wide supermarket aisles as their racetrack,” the company wrote. That’s fair enough, but […]