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Sonae follows Amazon’s lead with cashierless store in Lisbon

Bloomberg Portuguese retailer Sonae SGPS SA was expected to open its first store without checkout staff in Lisbon on Wednesday, bringing an innovation pioneered by Amazon.com Inc to the European continent. Arrays of cameras and sensors track shoppers who are charged through an app as they pick groceries from the shelves at the Continente brand store. The technology was provided ...

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Airlines rally as US travel rebound quickens into summer

Bloomberg US airlines rose as the country’s three biggest carriers said a travel rebound is gaining steam, with United Airlines Holdings Inc and Delta Air Lines Inc heading for the highest closing price in about six weeks. The pace of recovery has been faster than expected, Delta President Glen Hauenstein said. United predicted it would turn a profit before certain ...

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Air passengers warned to wear masks

Bloomberg US government officials monitoring the airways say they won’t tolerate passengers who refuse to don masks as airline travel surges ahead of the summer season. A recent spike in unruly passenger reports, many of them involving people refusing to cover their faces, prompted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to issue a stern warning to travellers. “Let me be clear ...

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