Upmarket SA grocery chain Checkers is testing a store without checkout counters, the first cashierless food store in the country allowing shoppers to walk out without waiting in line to pay.
The new store reflects a strategy by Checkers parent Shoprite Holdings to use technology to provide more convenient retailing and monitor customer behaviour, the company said. The trial store within company offices in Cape Town has only 40 products such as snacks and sandwiches and will initially only be available to employees.Yet the trial represents a challenge to rival chains as Checkers aims to grab a bigger slice of the high-end food retail market, traditionally dominated by Woolworths Holdings.“The team has set out to use data and tech to solve retail problems,” Neil Schreuder, chief of strategy and innovation for Shoprite said.
“The idea is ... inspired by some of the global leaders in this space, that say could we imagine a store where customers don't have to queue because it's a constant pain point.” Shoprite also unveiled a 250-strong digital business unit called ShopriteX to provide what it said would be increasingly enhanced customer experiences through technology, data science and innovation.
So then, when are retrenchments coming? 🤔
There go the jobs for our people.
Finally. Let's do this. Once went into store in USA where had to scan an pay my own stuff
Wow,people are gona lose their jobs☹😭
And unemployment?
We will support the stores that support the people they start retrenchment of cashiers we move to other stores simple
I hate this. This capitalistic innovations are a danger to economy and eradication of unemployment
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Madness
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