checkout-free tech

WHSmith Opens First U.S. Location at NYC Airport Leveraging Amazon’s Cashierless Tech

Global travel retailer WHSmith has opened its first North American retail location inside the redesigned Terminal B concourse at New York City’s…

Standard Cognition Raises $150 Million, Plans to Outfit 50,000 Checkout-Free Stores Over Five Years

Standard Cognition has a raised $150 million in a Series C funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from…

Koyo Group Trials Biometric Checkout-Free Technology at Japanese Hotel

Koyo Group, which operates convenience stores and restaurants in hospitals and other facilities across Japan, has partnered with Zippin and Fujitsu to…

‘Checkout-Free’ Solution Provider Raises $30 Million

AiFi has raised a total of $30 million in its latest funding round. The AI-powered solution provider will use the money to…

Former 7-Eleven Store IT Exec Joins Checkout-Free Solution Provider Zippin

Zippin, a provider of checkout-free technologies for brick-and-mortar retail, has hired veteran retail executive Vivek Malik, formerly Senior Director of Infrastructure and…

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