Zippin installs checkout-free store in Japanese hotel

Zippin, a provider of checkout-free technologies for brick-and-mortar retail, has installed a hotel convenience store.

Zippin’s partner, Fujitsu, a systems integrator, has worked with Koyo Group, a property developer, to implement the checkout-free store within a hotel at the Yokohama Techno Tower Hotel, according to a press release.

The store keeps shoppers and workers safe during the pandemic with a cashierless checkout, eliminates stress of lines and wait times, and raises customer satisfaction by optimizing the product lineup.

The grab-and-go Green Leaves Plus store which sells pre-packaged food and beverages as well as fresh bento box meals, opened this year as a pilot and allows customers to enter the store via smartphone app. Customers must register their credit card information, and then enter the store with the QR code displayed on the app.

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