The Al Meera Consumer Goods Company is partnering with Zippin to deploy Zippin's multimodal artificial intelligence solution in Qatar locations that have yet to be named.

The retailer aims to open fully autonomous stores offering convenience fare, according to a press release.

The technology is part of the company's expansion plans and its goal to achieve its digital transformation.

"We're excited to partner with Al Meera, delivering frictionless shopping to their customers," Krishna Motukuri, Zippin CEO and co-founder, said in the release. "Having Zippin powered stores in the Middle East for the first time shows the impressive traction of checkout-free shopping around the world. It's clear that shoppers love the convenience and speed: something we've proven time and again with each new Zippin powered store."

The Zippin software automatically identifies the items picked or put back using overhead cameras and sensors and creates a virtual shopping cart for each shopper. The shopper can put the items in their pocket, bag, purse or carry them and the software will directly charge the cost of the purchased items from the customers' credit card as soon as they leave the store.

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