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CLOUD-BASED SELF-CHECKOUT PLATFORM IS COMPATIBLE WITH

ANY STORE SETUP
RETAIL

A Bengaluru startup has developed a next-gen, point-of-sale system

designed for the Indian market
Spotted: Perpule has announced the launch of its next-generation point-of-sale billing system, the
UltraPOS. The AI-driven platform is designed to be enabled anytime, anywhere billing. The SaaS
product is based in the cloud, which allows for self-checkout without the need for in-store servers
and bulky computers.

Anyone can download the Perpule app and find stores that use the system. Once in the store,
customers chose products from the shelf, scan the bar codes using their phone’s camera and then
checkout and pay through the app. Customers receive a digital invoice they can show at the exit to
prove they have paid.

The company then used the same technology to develop its UltraPOS system. The system works
with diff erent hardware, including card machines and laser scanners. Perpule found that many stores
were using legacy billing systems, even though the look and feel of stores have changed a lot in
recent years. They decided that since they already had a technology platform in the Perpule app, it
made sense to adapt it for use in stores, saving them both space and time.

The idea of the system is to allow retailers to make real-time decisions and transform their stores
from a digital perspective. According to Perpule CEO Abhinav Pathak, “Our focus is to make sure
that the retail systems evolve a lot more to support a very seamless experience of self-checkout.
It’s great what it is today but it’s not the best that can exist.”

Self-checkout has been growing by leaps and bounds, and at Springwise we have been following
developments in this sector with interest. Some of the recent innovations covered have included an
AI product-recognition system that helps to reduce self-checkout theft and AI-powered shopping
trolley that automatically totes up your shopping bill.

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7th May 2020

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Takeaway:
The organised retail market in India is valued at around $100 billion, and the pace of technology
adaptation has only begun to speed up in the last four or five years. This means there is still a
lot of room for new companies to move into the self-checkout and the automated point-of-sale
sector. Currently, Perpule’s self-checkout out option is being used in some Hypercity, More and
Spar stores. Pathak stated that which stores take up the technology is determined largely by
demographics and by how tech-savvy the stores’ customers are. At the same time, UltraPOS is
running in stores in more than 190 cities. As the Indian retail system evolves, the opportunity for
growth will be huge.