Lawson’s First Register-Free Store
Convenience store giant Lawson will open an experimental register-less store on February 26th.
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Customers install an app and a scan a QR code to enter the store. 28 cameras will track shoppers’ movements while sensors on the shelves determine which products have been taken. Payments are done through pre-registered credit cards. Human workers will still be necessary to stock shelves. Lawson hopes to open more of the register-less stores in the Tokyo area this summer. The move comes as retailers in Japan grapple with a serious labor shortage.
What do you think? Is this the wave of the future for Japanese convenience stores?
