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businesstech1 year ago

"Amazon Expands Just Walk Out Technology to Other Retailers Despite Removal from Own Stores"

Amazon is discontinuing its cashier-less Just Walk Out technology at its Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the U.S., but plans to sell the system to over 120 third-party businesses by the end of the year. The company will replace Just Walk Out with smart carts at its U.S. Fresh stores, while continuing to offer the technology at Amazon Go convenience stores and some Amazon Fresh stores in the U.K. The move reflects Amazon's efforts to revamp its grocery offerings and attract more customers. Despite recent viral social media posts, Amazon is emphasizing that the technology is not powered by contractors manually adding up items, but rather uses cameras, AI, and sensor trackers.

via The Associated Press|
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technology1 year ago

"Amazon Abandons Just Walk Out Technology, Turns to Human Cashiers Instead"

Amazon is discontinuing its cashier-less "Just Walk Out" technology at its Amazon Go convenience stores due to persistent technical issues. The system, which was meant to allow customers to grab items and leave without a checkout process, relied heavily on human video reviewers in India to manually review transactions and label images from videos to train the AI model. Amazon will now be implementing a more practical cashier-less format using shopping carts with built-in checkout screens and scanners.

via Ars Technica|
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business2 years ago

"Target's New Self-Checkout Policy Undergoes Testing Phase"

Target is testing a new self-checkout policy by restricting self-checkout to customers buying 10 items or fewer, while those buying more are required to use full-service lanes with cashiers. The test aims to shorten wait times and understand shoppers' preferences. Target has seen a 6% increase in customers using full-service cashier lanes since the changes. Retailers are finding that self-checkout machines can be slow, unreliable, and impersonal, erasing potential labor savings. Additionally, retailers with self-checkout experience higher loss rates compared to full-service cashiers due to intentional shoplifting and customer errors. Target attributes its merchandise losses to theft, including petty shoplifting and organized criminal groups.

via CNN|
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