Retail

Fujitsu to distribute Zippin’s self-checkout solution in Japan

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December 8, 2020

Zippin, a provider of AI enabled self-checkout technology, has named Fujitsu Limited, a information technology equipment and services provider, as an exclusive distributor of Zippin's checkout-free solution in Japan, according to a press release. Fujitsu is Zippin's first exclusive distributor in any market and will start offering Zippin's checkout-free solution by March 2021.

The agreement was concluded after a field trial Fujitsu and Zippin conducted with the Lawson convenience store chain in Japan earlier this year.

The partnership enables Fujitsu to build a retail solution to deliver a new customer experience by September 2021, leveraging Zippin's checkout-free SaaS platform with a focus on cashier-free, cashless operations to save staff time and increase their bandwidth, which the companies see as having particular importance during the pandemic. Features include identity verification with multi-biometric authentication.

"In today's rapidly changing environment, a checkout-free store that can eliminate face-to-face payment well reflects the needs of the recent situation," Kunitsugu Makino, deputy senior vice president, general manager of Lawson's Open Innovation Center, said in the press release. "We expect the collaboration of Fujitsu and Zippin will infuse new breath into the retail industry."

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