Why Unmanned Stores Are About To Take Off In China's Retail Market

Customers at this automated JD.com store in Tianjin can pay via QR code on mobile phones and through facial recognition technology, both without sales assistance. First there was pilot-free aircraft in China, better known as drones. This year the country began setting up a tract of the South China Sea to test captain-less ships. And now there are stores without staff. This phenomenon, while not unique to China, has taken off quickly there this year with lots of growing room left.