Carrefour to open its own registerless store

French distributor Carrefour will be testing its own registerless store concept next year. Just like pioneer Amazon Go , Carrefour will rely on cameras and facial recognition to achieve a fully automated checkout system.
A first for Paris
According to French trade magazine Linéaires, the first experiment will be a small test store in Massy (near Paris). The store will measure 56 square metres and will only be open for Carrefour’s own employees. Cameras will register which items visitors pick up and charge them using facial recognition. Read more…