Retail giant, Shoprite, revealed on Wednesday that it is testing an automated Checkers concept store with no cashiers or till points.
Checkers Rush is a “no queues, no checkout, no waiting” concept store, it said. “Using advanced AI camera technology to identify the products being taken off the shelves, Checkers Rush bills users’ bank cards upon exit.”
The store is revealed in a promotional video for Shoprite X, the company’s new digital innovation unit. Shoprite revealed that the shop is available to staff at ShopriteX offices near the company’s home office above Checkers Hyper Brackenfell in Cape Town.
The unit office now houses a team of 250 people comprised of data scientists, experts on e-commerce and others, working with a more general IT team of more than 1 000 “to create and implement new innovations”.
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Sources: Business Insider
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