For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. A new shopping innovation introduced by Checkers will allow customers to pay for their groceries directly from trolleys. Labelled the ...

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South Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite Checkers, is launching a new high-tech ‘smart trolley’ pilot, allowing shoppers to scan items, track a live basket, and check out, skipping queues.

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Shoppers at Checkers supermarkets in South Africa could soon be cruising the aisles with "smart" trolleys that let them know how much money they are spending and ...

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Retailer Checkers begins trialling a smart shopping trolley, which it says marks its first step towards a frictionless, technology-led in-store experience. The Xpress Trolley allows shoppers to ...

Checkers has announced the launch of a smart trolley that lets customers scan items as they shop and skip store queues by paying directly on the cart. The retail giant says this is South Africa’s ...

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Called the Xpress Trolley, it allows shoppers to scan-and-bag items as they go, track a live running total, and pay directly on the trolley without needing to stand in a queue or bag products at a ...