giant: UK retail giant Sainsbury's announced it was ending a three-month trial of smartphone-only shopping at one of its stores in central London, according to Nine News Australia. Tills were removed from its Holborn Circus store in April and customers had to scan their groceries using the company's Pay & Go app as they browsed the aisles. To improve your experience update it here News Technology'It's only going to get bigger' Appetite for smartphone shopping strong despite ending of supermarket trial, says expert By Richard Wood1 07pm Sep 15, shopping by phone app is inevitable despite a major supermarket chain scrapping its pilot plan to banish checkouts from its stores, a retail expert said. But instead of quicker, more convenient shopping, the app resulted in long queues at the store's helpdesk as people tried to buy groceries with cash and cards. Other shoppers were unhappy to use their mobile data allowance to download the Sainsbury app. Some customers found the mobile QR codes hard to scan when leaving the store.
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