Similar to security tags on clothing items, even everyday items such as cereal and milk will have digital tags.

Advantages - Not only does this significantly automate stock management, minimizing the need to take inventory of products manually, but it innovates retail security.

This means that when a shopper picks up an item from the shelves, the AI will track whether the shopper puts it in their basket and checks out with the item or returns it back to its initial place. The technology aims to learn enough that it is capable of linking the products with their corresponding shoppers. The AI will track products across the entire store with cameras to make a note of what items are moved from the shelves and where they end up. The silver lining is that even stores with computer vision technology will still need employees to assist customers and restock the shelves.Ĭomputer vision applications in retail will transform the way we perceive traditional inventory and stock management.

alone, there are nearly 10 million cashiers whose jobs will be at stake. That comes with the risk of significantly increasing the unemployment of cashiers and sales clerks. Disadvantages - With this technology, self-checkout won’t be an option any longer, but rather, it will be the norm.Queues will basically become nonexistent with “Just Walk Out” stores since the concept of waiting in line to pay for products will be eliminated entirely. Advantages - One of the biggest perks of applying computer vision to create self-checkout stores is the considerable reduction of waiting times.Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology has already branched out to supermarket chains like Whole Foods that plan to open their doors to 2 new locations with this new mode of shopping in 2022. The shoppers are automatically billed after they complete their shopping trip.

Once done, they leave the store - no lines, no waiting for change.

Shoppers scan their phones upon entering and then simply gather what they need in a basket or cart. Amazon opened Amazon Go shops exclusively for their staff which changed the game of traditional shopping forever. One of the greatest real-life examples of this is Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. Computer vision aims to minimize even this process and make it possible for shoppers to no longer scan items - the computer will do that for them by analyzing their path and products chosen, billing them accordingly. Typically, shoppers scan the barcode of the item either with a handheld device or by approaching a self-checkout counter at the end of their shopping trip. It may have been difficult to imagine innovating self-checkouts even further up until a few years ago. When self-checkout became prominent in supermarkets during the early 2000s, it was revolutionary.

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