In today’s top news, the travel industry stands to lose $820 billion due to coronavirus fears, Uber may sideline riders and drivers who have the coronavirus or have been exposed to it, and lawmakers questioned Wells Fargo’s CEO over fake account scandals. Coronavirus Expected to...
The electric scooter and bike race in Washington, D.C. has become more complicated in the last few months, as the district has moved both to expand and contract its dockless electric vehicle program. And in retail innovation, Indonesia’s Blibli.com has opened a cashierless brick-and-mortar store location for its BlibliMart brand....
Can cameras replace cashers in retail? The grocery industry is making a go of it. The latest effort comes from the U.K. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, British grocer Tesco plans to open a “pick and go” or “frictionless shopping” store to the...
Marking its 13th Amazon Go location in the United States, Amazon’s newest cashierless store has reportedly gone into service. The 1,700-square-foot space, which is in Midtown Manhattan at 300 Park Ave., comes after the online retailer opened one of the concept locations in New York...
June 15, 2020
Whether cashiers go the way of the horse and buggy could hinge on an experiment Walmart is running in Arkansas. The largest brick-and-mortar retailer in the United States is replacing its traditional, cashier-staffed checkouts with self-checkout registers at its store in Fayetteville, Ark., according to local news reports. The aim is to speed up checkout […]
June 11, 2019
Marking its 13th Amazon Go location in the United States, Amazon’s newest cashierless store has reportedly gone into service. The 1,700-square-foot space, which is in Midtown Manhattan at 300 Park...
September 20, 2018
A new report says that Amazon might open 3,000 Amazon Go locations by 2021. The company should have about 10 new cashierless stores by the end of this year, according...
September 06, 2018
Just after opening a second Amazon Go store late last month, Amazon has brought a another cashierless convenience store to market. The new location is the company’s third store in both...
