Futuristic Retail Store JD.ID X Presents in Jakarta, Showcases Online-Offline Shopping Experience

JD.ID inaugurated "JD.ID X" in Jakarta, a retail store with artificial intelligence (AI) technology that tries to provide a shopping experience online-offline new. The concept of a cashier-less shop and connected to such an application is relatively new here, although there are already many out there, especially in China as the main base. JD.ID.

Futuristic retail measuring 270 meters² It is located at PIK Avenue, Jakarta. Utilizing facial scanner technology, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), and cashless payment methods; every item and visitor will be identified automatically. The store requires every customer to have an application and an account JD.ID on mobile.

Incoming visitors will be asked to scan Barcode on the JD.ID X option in the app as a ticket. After that the user's face will be moved for verification -- in the app mobile devicesPreviously, users also had to upload a photo of their face.

Items that are picked up and about to be purchased are detected using RFID technology up front pintu out, the bill is automatically displayed and paid through the application. Currently, the new payment method uses credit cards only (which is linked to a JD.ID account).

"This is only the beginning of our efforts to use the power of AI to unlock pintu towards new opportunities for this country. We will also make JD.ID X a learning center for sustainable technology development, because we believe that AI has a lot of potential that can be used in all lines of business, including E-commerce which is the core business of JD.ID," said JD.ID President Director Zhang Li.

In its initial debut, JD.ID X offered products in the category fashion, cosmetics, accessories and beauty, non-electronic household products, and daily necessities. JD.ID X also offers private-label which is available exclusively at JD.ID.

"Experienced Store" This is indeed an innovation that is quite aggressively presented, especially in China. Including done by rival Alibaba. Not long ago it showed off a futuristic shop similar AI-based -- they work closely with fashion brands Guess. The concept is similar, using -based scanning technology computer vision and RFID.

JD.ID X's Project Manager, Eyvette Tung said, "In the future, people will be very accustomed to doing daily shopping activities on a non-cash basis. We have developed highly personalized facial scanning technology to increase convenience and make customers feel comfortable."