Shops are opening in Hungary that we have never seen before, writes Világgazdaság. They will have no sales staff and will operate non-stop, seven days a week. The first unmanned shops will be launched in Hungary as early as this summer, according to a statement.
The stores will operate in traditional mode during the day and automatically at night, without staff.
The technology will allow these shops to serve customers non-stop, seven days a week.
The model is not unprecedented in the region, and is already being used successfully in the Czech Republic, among other countries. It is the Czech example that has shown that remote monitoring can make it economically viable to run a business in locations where it is impossible to operate a shop profitably under the traditional model. From this point of view, this new solution could also offer the possibility for people living in smaller, rural communities …