AESTEX: An Innovative Smart Shopping System for Enhanced Customer Experience and Increased Sales

Abstract

Abstract: AESTEX is a counter less, queue less, smart shop- ping system that aims to enhance the shopping experience for both customers and shopkeepers. The system provides customers with counter less and time saving shopping feature that allows customers to scan QR/barcode on the products to add them to their virtual cart for the quick shopping eliminating the need long queues and the counters along with the product recommendation system to suggest personalized complementary/similar items. Thesystem also includes a virtual dressing room to visualize the clothes before purchasing to ensure perfect buy every time you shop and to ensure hygienic experience. Along ensure more conve- nient and efficient shopping experience for customers, the system supports the shopkeepers to expand their business while keeping the manpower at control and also incorporate digitalization in the physical shops as well. Additionally, the AESTEX system includes a payment gateway for cashless transactions, ensuringa safe and easy shopping practice.