Blazing a trail in smart retail

Express exit: Consumers are seen at a checkout passageway at a supermarket in Nanchong, Sichuan province, dedicated to users paying with WeChat’s Scan & Go. — China Daily

USING your phone as a wallet is old hat in China. Using it as a checkout counter? Not so much yet.

But a prototype solution is in the making. And before large-scale adoption is off the ground, WeChat Pay’s smart retail innovation “Scan & Go” is already getting attention.