LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco
will on Tuesday open its first checkout-free store in
central London, allowing customers to shop and pay without
scanning a product or interacting with a cashier.
Tesco's move follows similar trials by rivals, including
Amazon, Aldi and Morrisons.
The roll-out of "GetGo" to the Tesco Express store at High
Holborn follows a successful trial at a staff store on the
retailer's headquarters campus at Welwyn Garden City, north of
London, which has been in place since 2019, the firm said.
The High Holborn store has been cashless since it opened in
2018.
Customers with the Tesco.com app will be able to check-in to
the store, pick up the groceries they need and walk straight out
without visiting a checkout.
A combination of cameras and weight-sensors will establish
what customers have picked up and charge them for products
directly through the app when they leave the store.
Customers will receive a receipt on their phone within a few
minutes of leaving the store.
Tesco said it has partnered with Trigo to roll out the
technology.
(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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