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IT specialist launches convenience store that opens and bills shoppers via a mobile app

on Feb 29, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

A Swedish coder has presented a solution to the closure of local shops across the world as the cost of employing staff continues to see them losing out to larger supermarkets.

Robert Ilijason has conceived and launched an unmanned store called Country Store 2.0 which operates fully via mobile app.

Stocking the shop himself with basic items like milk, bread, sugar, canned food, nappies and more, Illajason’s service only requires shoppers to register and download an app.

A fingerprint scan, via said app reportedly opens the front door, which would otherwise remain locked for those without a mobile.

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Source: The Drum