Sam’s Club is reportedly preparing to launch its first store without checkout lanes. Scheduled to open in the middle of this month in Texas, the store will require customers to use an app called Scan & Go to ring up items on their smartphones as they...
Around the world, computer vision checkout is growing, both in terms of its availability and its physical footprint, despite significant cost challenges to making the retail technology worth its while. German grocer Rewe recently announced Europe’s largest-yet computer-vision-powered checkout store, with its new roughly 13,000-square-foot...
Grubhub is bringing Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” checkout technology to on-campus convenience stores as aggregators compete to reach students in a bid to secure their long-term loyalty. The Chicago-based aggregator announced Tuesday (Aug. 29) that its campus business is partnering with the eCommerce giant to make...
As many grocers look to technology to boost efficiency — sometimes at the cost of service — Trader Joe’s is holding the line against self-checkout. On an interview for the most recent episode of the grocer’s podcast, Inside Trader Joe’s, Bryan Palbaum, the company’s chairman...
February 15, 2023
The pandemic has had an irrevocable impact on in-store retail. Customers who first pivoted to new and expanded checkout options to observe social distancing measures continue to favor them. Chief among these options are self-checkout lanes and kiosks, which allow customers to scan, bag and pay for their purchases without the assistance of human cashiers. […]
August 01, 2018
Self-service technology is not exactly a new feature of commerce — consumers have seen variations of it in supermarkets for the better part of a decade, scan-and-go versions of it...
October 10, 2024
Cashierless checkout technology provider Grabango reportedly discontinued its operations after failing to secure funding. The company had signed deals with grocers and convenience stores, including Aldi, Circle K, Giant Eagle and 7-Eleven, and was seen as one of Amazon’s top competitors in the cashierless checkout technology space, CNBC reported Wednesday (Oct. 9). Grabango did not […]
October 07, 2024
Sam’s Club is reportedly preparing to launch its first store without checkout lanes. Scheduled to open in the middle of this month in Texas, the store will require customers to use...
March 09, 2022
Sam’s Club has announced that customers will now be able to use federal supplemental nutrition benefits to pay for purchases digitally and avoid checkout lines, a report from Winsight Grocery...
March 11, 2020
A Newark Airport store will start using Amazon’s Just Walk Out cashierless technology on March 16, just days after the company announced it was licensing the platform to retailers, according to...
