Please DON’T place your items in the bagging area: All Australian supermarkets will be ‘checkout-free’ by 2030, Coles executive claims

• “Coles head of commercial and express Greg Davis said artificial intelligence, sensors and data would be used to detect what customers pick up and put in their bags.
• This will significantly improve our forecasting and therefore improve our availability so we can have exactly the right range in the right stores,’ Mr Davis said.”

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