Japan's Daiei to open unmanned supermarket with Chinese startup

Aeon group retailer cuts cost with fewer sensors developed by Cloudpick

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Daiei is opening its first unmanned store in Tokyo's Koto area. The bottom half of the photo shows a Cloudpick store in Shanghai. (Source photo by Tomoki Mera) 

Nikkei staff writers

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.

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