Carrefour will test scanner in the shopping cart

Carrefour will test in Brazil a technology that allows consumers to scan products that go into the cart. According to the President of the Carrefour Brazil, Noel Prioux, technology, called "Scan & Go" will be tested later this year in stores Carrefour Express, as an attempt by the company to expedite the payment process and decrease rows. There are different formats for the implementation of this technology. A model that was used through mobile applications, for example, has already been tested by Walmart in the United States after the Amazon became famous your concept of physical store without queue. The retailer chose not to keep the technology in its stores. Carrefour Brazil's proposal is to test the Scan Go in Carrefour stores & Express, store format. According to Prioux, an initial pilot could be implemented in about four to five stores. The focus, according to Prioux, is to facilitate the customers who buy few items per visit. During your participation in this year's Edition of Latam Retail Show, an event that brings together retail companies in São Paulo, Prioux said the test is one of the company's digital transformation initiatives. Among the projects is the introduction of so-called "self checkout" boxes that are operated directly by consumers without the aid or interference of attendants. During the event, Prioux said about the scene in Brazil. He considered that the performance in August suggests that the trend for sales has been more favourable than in the last quarter, when the Teamsters ' strike negatively affected the results. The information is from the newspaper O Estado de s. Paulo.