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posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 28 2020, @11:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the will-the-bathrooms-be-cleaner? dept.

Cashierless stores are popping up at gas stations, stadiums and even Dunkin':

Pretty soon you might find Amazon Go-like concepts just about everywhere.

Mastercard on Friday said it's joining the effort to create more of these kinds of cashierless stores, unveiling a platform it calls Shop Anywhere. It teamed up with retail tech company Accel Robotics to create a handful of new test concepts that let customers check into a store, grab what they want and walk out.

[...] For instance, the team created a new self-service Dunkin' store that allows people to check in at a kiosk, get doughnuts and coffee, and leave without stopping at a cashier. The store will be staffed with workers to restock items and provide customer service, but there won't be a register.

[...] The payment network pitched these concepts as more flexible than Amazon Go, with Shop Anywhere capable of going into all kinds of locations and being retrofitted into existing stores -- something Amazon Go hasn't yet done. Both Shop Anywhere and Amazon Go are powered by a series of cameras that are kitted with computer vision and AI.

Customers will no longer have to interact with proprietors or employees.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Saturday August 29 2020, @01:24AM (4 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday August 29 2020, @01:24AM (#1043577) Journal

    The slopes are slippery!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:02PM (#1043889)

    yeah and i'm all for not having to pay for baggers and cashiers (or deal with them in some cases), but the suited whores won't pass on the savings and they insist on proprietary software and privacy invasions. when people can't get what they need, hopefully they will shoot/hang/bludgeon the CEOs in front of their families, but i'd rather people push back now.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:05PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:05PM (#1043892) Journal

    I'm looking forward to moving beyond consumer culture and 3D-printing everything we need.

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    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:22PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:22PM (#1043904) Journal

      The real money is in the cartridges :-)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @05:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @05:22AM (#1044094)

    ...cashless tomorrow

    We've been Cashless since 2003 [wikipedia.org].