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Aldi Deploys Computer Vision-Enabled Cashierless Checkout at Chicago-Area Store

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supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. It’s exciting to see a checkout-free capability live in one of our stores,” said Eric Traxler, VP of IT at Aldi in a statement. Amazon , one of the pioneers of cashierless solutions, has been moving away from deployments in supermarkets.

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Autonomous Mini-Supermarket tegut…teo Expands in Germany

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German grocery chain tegut… has piloted a fully automated mini-supermarket concept in Fulda, Germany, with plans to open another three locations in 2021 and, eventually, hundreds of the digital self-service stores across the country. The ground at the location does not have to be sealed for the wooden structure.

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Amazon’s Just Walk Out has Left the Building

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Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out (JWO) technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and will not deploy the solution in new locations scheduled to open later this year, according to multiple media reports. The company already had moved the JWO unit out of its retail group and into its AWS cloud computing division.

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Amazon Opens New Go Store Despite Announced Pause in Grocery Expansion

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Amazon has opened a new Amazon Go store in the Tacoma suburb of Puyallup, Wash., according to reporting in Supermarket News and other outlets. 26, 2023, comes despite Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s February 2023 announcement that the retailer would halt expansion of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store footprints.

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Retail, but not as you know it: A look at the “remote store of the future”

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Not-for-profit store operator Community Enterprise Queensland (CEQ) is the sole grocery and retail provider for many remote communities located across northern Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands. In the locations where we operate, it could cost $30,000 and involve two different trips on a helicopter.

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Sainsbury’s Deploys Amazon Just Walk Out Technology in London C-Store

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In the first usage of Amazon ’s Just Walk Out (JWO) technology by a non-Amazon international retailer, Sainsbury’s has deployed the cashierless solution in its Holborn Circus convenience store. Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019.

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Kiwis ‘not served well’ by grocery duopoly, but report reactions mixed

Inside Retail

For years, this has led to convenience store operators buying stock at a Countdown or Pak’N Save store where common items can be bought in volume considerably cheaper than from wholesalers). Sadly, the recommendations will not result in any tangible change for consumers at the checkout.

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