After Amazon, Walmart wants to try building cashier-less stores

Dec21

by Sindy Cator on December 21, 2017 at 8:59 am

Recode reports that Walmart is busy at work on a cashier-less store that you can walk into, shop at, and leave without having to physically check your items out. The concept is similar to Amazon Go, a venture from the retail giant that saw it use computer vision tech to allow shoppers to browse a physical grocery store, pick up items they want and be billed on their Amazon accounts automatically, so there’s no need for a cashier. It’s reportedly dubbed Project Kepler, and is being led by Jet.com’s co-founder and CTO, Mike Hanrahan; it appears to be the first…