San Jose State Launches Checkout Free Store

<p><iframe title&equals;"YouTube video player" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;GYw5P28yc8o" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>SAN JOSE<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Students at San Jose State University &lpar;SJSU&rpar; will now have one less excuse for being late to class&period; The SJSU Ginger Market has been transformed into an autonomous retail experience&comma; enabling students&comma; faculty&comma; and staff to grab the items they want and go—without having to scan anything or wait in line to pay&period; This first-of-a-kind store sells an assortment of items essential for campus life&colon; a variety of pan-Asian snacks and meals&comma; made-in-house sushi&comma; poke bowls&comma; locally roasted coffee&comma; popular beverages&comma; mochi&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Building on a rich history of technological innovation&comma; the university worked with Chartwells Higher Education and Standard AI&comma; the world’s leading computer vision platform for retail&comma; to retrofit the market without ceasing store operations or altering its layout&period; Standard AI was able to integrate fully with retail operations&comma; including inventory management systems and visual merchandising&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Using AI-powered computer vision systems mounted at strategic locations throughout the store&comma; the system accurately identifies the products shoppers select and automatically records the purchases on the SJSU Boost mobile app—eliminating time spent at traditional checkout areas&period; An exciting development for retail&comma; the autonomous checkout system allows shoppers at the SJSU Ginger Market to skip the checkout line and receive detailed&comma; accurate receipts in minutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Checkout-free shopping is a groundbreaking innovation that will make our students’ daily lives a little easier&comma;” said Raymond Luu&comma; Associate Director of Commercial Services at SJSU&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The future of shopping comes to life in San Jose&comma; the center of technological innovation&period; It’s fitting that a Silicon Valley school gives its students the latest in retail convenience so they can quickly shop&comma; tap&comma; and get on their way&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Compass Digital Labs&comma; a division of Compass Group&comma; is working with Standard AI and other companies to retrofit a series of stores across North America at universities&comma; corporate campuses&comma; ballparks&comma; arenas and more&period; The introduction of checkout-free experiences is the latest step by Chartwells Higher Ed in its effort to leverage cutting-edge technology to improve both the customer and associate experiences&period; The new autonomous checkout platform enables staff to devote more time to customer service and store management&period; Since Standard AI’s platform is designed to work without ever using facial recognition&comma; customers can also rest easy knowing that their privacy is respected and protected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We pride ourselves on creating unique dining experiences beyond the walls of our dining halls&comma; and automating the retail checkout experience is another way we’re bringing that to life at SJSU&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Paul Cingolani&comma; Resident District Manager at Chartwells Higher Education&period; &&num;8220&semi;This technology removes some historical pain points &&num;8211&semi; like waiting in long lines &&num;8211&semi; and creates new opportunities for our associates to focus on more important and demanding in-store tasks&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chartwells provides food contract services to over 300 colleges and universities in the U&period;S&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;