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 by Sensei, a startup backed by investors including Sonae and Germany’s Metro AG.
“The pandemic led many people to start paying digitally and that’s helped to accelerate the digitalisation of retail,” said Vasco Portugal, Sensei co-founder and chief executive officer. “I think in five years’ time, an autonomous store will be something that’s completely standard.”
Seattle-based Amazon.com opened a cashierless convenience store in the UK in March, its first outside the US.