TOKYO -- Supermarket chain Daiei, an affiliate of Japanese retailer Aeon, will open an unmanned store in Tokyo this summer in collaboration with Chinese startup Cloudpick, Nikkei has learned.
Daiei will open the first store in Tokyo's Koto area, before possibly rolling out to other area. The shelves in the store will be stocked by staff, but there will be no cashier. Shelves in unmanned stores, such as Amazon.com's Amazon Go, are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect when customers pick up a product and charge them automatically.
