No long queue’s, No checkout (No, seriously)
While going cashless is the new big dream here, somewhere on the other side of the globe, Amazon is planning on taking the retail market by storm by launching over 2000 cash-free convenience stores according to The Wall Street Journal.
Pic Source: CNet
Amazon’s new self-checkout technology called ‘Amazon Go’ will literally allow people to walk-in the store, pick what they want and walk out- no checkout process at all, so no time wasted!
To test this technology Amazon
has opened a 1800 sq ft store it its hometown Seattle – for its employees. If proved
successful the store will be open to the general public early next year. Unlike
the technology - RFID scanners used in the regular retail stores which are
subject to the RFID tags on the products; Amazon Go uses a completely different
approach – it uses computer vision & sensors to detect what items are taken
outside the store. When walking in, you need to scan the app, do your shopping
and the sensors will charge them to your account when walking out of the door
and although it feels like shoplifting, remember you are being watched by
numerous cameras.
In theory, it sounds fantastic!
Now all we have to do is wait and watch for if it does prove successful, it will definitely
transform the retail market.
