NTT Data and Daiei will open a walk-through store called ”CATCH&GO” in the Aeon Food Style Yokohama West Exit store that will open on October 27th, where customers can purchase products without going through the cash register.
Unlike self-checkout stores, this store does not require any steps such as scanning product barcodes at the time of purchase. Customers simply hold their smartphones with a dedicated app installed at the store entrance gate, pick up the items they want, and leave the store, and the cashless payment is automatically completed.
This is the first walk-through store in Japan to be attached to a regular street-level supermarket.
Both companies are anticipating new demand for the store as a speedy store where customers can purchase what they need from around 400 different products in as little as 10 seconds.
The store is expected to have 1,000 visitors a day, and is aiming to have the largest number of customers of any walk-through store in Japan.