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Cashierless Stores are Popping up at Gas Stations, Stadiums and Even Dunkin'

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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: 2) by driverless on Saturday August 29 2020, @12:43PM (3 children)

    by driverless (4770) on Saturday August 29 2020, @12:43PM (#1043718)

    Only once. Friend of mine has young kids...

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  • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday August 29 2020, @12:56PM (2 children)

    by acid andy (1683) on Saturday August 29 2020, @12:56PM (#1043721) Homepage Journal

    Ah yeah, I got dragged into those places a handful of times by peers as well in the past. I won't consume anything there again though. I'm a lot more stubborn these days.

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    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:01PM (1 child)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:01PM (#1043887) Journal

      It used to be my favorite place as a kid. Now it makes me sick to eat their food; I suspect it's because they have replaced all the real food with fillers.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @12:17AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @12:17AM (#1043995)

        I'm not allowed to go there anymore, since they had their "365Black" campaign, where they're only for black people 365 days of the year. I'm not black, so I can't go there any day of the year. Except Leap Day. I have to admit I don't miss it, though.