Sainsbury’s continues Pay@Browse and SmartShop roll-outs

Sainsbury’s upgraded 29 more Argos stores to self-service digital formats in the first quarter of 2019, with 206 now offering its Pay@Browse technology.

Customers can pay at the same tablet they use to browse the retailer’s catalogue’s 20,000 products, before picking up their order at collection pods. Argos says that this frees up store colleagues to help people at the Pay@Browse areas and bring products to the collection pods. The aforementioned areas also include tills for those wishing to pay with cash or cards.

Sainsbury’s revealed this in its latest quarterly trading statement. During this period, the grocery giant also continued its roll-out of SmartShop, which lets people scan items as they move around a store and check out without queuing. This is now available in 148 supermarkets. Argos Fast Track collection, meanwhile, has grown by 20% and Fast Track delivery by 13% year-on-year.

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