Cashierless store

A cashierless store (also called a till-less store, checkout-free store or Just walk out store) is a store which allows customers to shop their products and leave without having to wait in line and pay at a checkout. Stores use a combination of technologies such as cameras, sensors, computer vision techniques, and deep learning to register which products someone picks up or puts back.[1]

Various cameras and sensors being used in the ceiling of an Amazon Go store.

History

2016

In 2016, Amazon announced Amazon Go, a brick-and-mortar store featuring various technologies to eliminate the checkout.[2] People require the Amazon app (formerly a specific Amazon Go app) to enter the store, grab whatever they need, and exit to be billed afterwards through their account.[3]

2018

The first Amazon Go store opened in 2018.[2]

2019

In 2019, Sainsbury's opened the first cashierless store in the United Kingdom. However, it was closed a few months later.[4]

2020

In July 2020 a Finnish company called Korttelikauppa opened a cashierless store in Kuninkaantammi, Helsinki.

2021

In March 2021, Delaware North opened two cashierless MRKT convenience stores at TD Garden in Boston.[5]

In Spring and Summer 2021 Korttelikauppa opened 6 more stores in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa.

In September 2021, Carrefour opened the first cashierless store in the Middle East called Carrefour City+, located in the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai.[6] Also in September 2021, Aldi UK opened its first cashierless store in Greenwich.[7]

In October 2021, Tesco introduced its GetGo store in central London, following a small trial of a similar store at the Tesco head office in Welwyn Garden City.[8] That same month, Finnish convenience retailer R-kioski opened a cashierless store called R-kioski Go! in Viikki, Helsinki.[9][10] With the opening of the Climate Pledge Arena in October 2021, four stores were equipped with Amazon's cashierless technology.[11]

2022

In April 2022, Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas became the first Major League Baseball stadium to incorporate cashierless stores, installing Amazon's technology at two of its concession stands.[12] Minor-league Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts launched similar technology from startup Standard AI in April 2022.[13]

In 2022, Aldi Nord will open the first cashierless store in the Netherlands (in the city of Utrecht), as a 12 month trial.[14]

Amazon plans to introduce its cashierless technology in two Whole Foods stores (in Washington, DC, and Sherman Oaks, California) in 2022.[15]

See also

References
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  8. "Tesco takes on Amazon Fresh with launch of 'just walk out' store". the Guardian. October 19, 2021.
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  13. Diti Kohli (20 April 2022). "No cash, no cashier: AI-powered checkout debuts at Fenway Park".
  14. Stevens, Ben (October 4, 2021). "Aldi to open first checkout-free store to the public in The Netherlands".
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