Scandit has introduced Age Verified Self-Checkout, which enables retailers to automate and verify self-checkout purchases of age-restricted items to reduce lane delays, remove avoidable associate intervention and improve compliance.

Built for retailers selling products such as alcohol, tobacco and medication, Age Verified Self-Checkout delivers a fully autonomous checkout with no additional kiosk hardware needed. It addresses one of the biggest sources of friction in self-checkout: the need for store associates to manually intervene on the 9 billion age-restricted, self-checkout transactions globally each year. With this solution, 80% of age checks are resolved automatically in seconds, removing the need for associate intervention, while the verification process is up to 6x faster for the customer. The solution is powered by Scandit Smart Data Capture with vision AI.

By turning a customer’s smartphone into a private, secure, instant age-check tool, the solution allows shoppers to verify their age in under 10 seconds with no app download required primarily via face estimation technology or scanning their ID as an alternative. 

In addition to helping retailers avoid the cost and maintenance burden of hardware-based alternatives, it helps them improve operations in three key areas:

Fraud prevention: The photo-comparison technology catches underage ID fraud that card-reader solutions cannot and associates may not, including underage customers using someone else’s ID.

Labor optimization: Automation frees store associates from routine age checks and uncomfortable situations, while allowing them to focus on higher-value tasks.

Revenue lift: The always-available solution keeps self-checkout lanes moving leading to increased sales.

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