Standard Cognition, an autonomous retail startup which helps retailers compete with Amazon’s checkout-free stores, has purchased the assets of automated kiosk startup DeepMagic. DeepMagic’s computer vision technology enables people to swipe their payment card upon entering kiosks or stores, pick up what they’re there for, and walk out without having to visit a checkout. Some of […]
Amazon is reportedly looking to bring its Amazon Go chain of checkout-free, mobile-powered convenience stores to airports, according to Reuters. The report, which cites public records and a person familiar with the strategy, claims that the eCommerce giant is targeting busy travellers as a key audience in its expansion into bricks-and-mortar retail. Amazon has opened seven […]
Bricks-and-mortar shopping could be about to change forever. Amazon pioneered the automated convenience store with its newly-opened Go supermarket, and now computer vision company AiFi is introducing the first scalable, checkout-free system for stores outside of Amazon’s sphere of influence. The technology has the potential to turn enormous retail spaces and small mom-and-pop operations alike […]
Amazon plans to open as many as six more cashierless stores in 2018, according to a report. The e-commerce giant is considering locations in Los Angeles and hometown Seattle, where the first Amazon Go store opened last month, Recode reported, citing people familiar with the situation. Amazon Go is the company’s most ambitious effort to […]
Amazon is finally opening its checkout-free brick-and-mortar convenience store to the public, nearly a year after it originally planned to open its doors. Amazon Go is an 1,800 square foot automated store based at Amazon Seattle headquarters. The store relies on sensors and cameras to detect what items shoppers have taken from the shelves, […]