AiFi launches first autonomous store in Japan with Cainz Corporation
Japan’s Cainz Corporation, a home improvement chain with 230 stores, has announced a new autonomous location, called Cainz Mobile Store, on the first floor of its HQ in Honjo City, Saitama.
The computer vision technology implemented into the store, powered by US-based AiFi, will allow customers to shop for Cainz brand household products and snack items without having to go through a cash register or self-checkout.
This will open in the near future and may expand to other locations in the future.
People will be able to download the dedicated Cainz app, present a QR code at the gate to enter the store, and begin shopping.
To complete payment, they can exit the store and await a digital receipt, which is sent through the app shortly after leaving.
The system is powered by computer vision through cameras on the ceiling that recognise customer movements and the products they pick up, then it automatically processes the payment through the smartphone application.
This is 80
AiFi recently reached the milestone of 80 autonomous retail stores open worldwide.
By working with technology providers and retailers such as Verizon, Microsoft, Carrefour, Aldi, Compass Group, Sodexo, Choice Market and Żabka Group, AiFi says that it has deployed the largest number of camera only, computer vision powered stores across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
This year, it increased its speed of deployment to two stores per week.
AiFi showcased this by opening 50 computer vision powered locations with Żabka, Poland’s largest convenience store chain, in the span of a few months.
