Valora tests app for self-scanning
Valora is currently testing an app at Zurich main station that makes queuing at kiosk checkouts superfluous.
As Schweiz am Sonntag writes in its current issue, the Scan&Go" iPhone app is being tested at three kiosk locations in the main station. Anyone who installs the app can photograph products and pay for them immediately using the credit card details provided. Alcohol, tobacco and gambling products are excluded. Developed by "Scan & Go" from the "Auto-ID Lab" at ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen. The Swiss company Scandit is also supplying the barcode scanner technology. It is currently unclear whether the new payment option will also be used at other kiosks. "Scan & Go" is part of Valora's digital strategy. The operator of K-Kiosk and Avec stores founded Valora Labs back in 2015, a company dedicated to the development of digital products. The traditional kiosk business has been under pressure for years - not least due to press sales, which have been shrinking continuously for years. (hae/SaS)
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