Singh, the founder of Armoire, and Woodruff, the engineer who designed the contactless pay system, at the store’s opening on March 9, 2022. — Seattle Times/TNS
SEATTLE: In the entryway of Pioneer Square’s newest clothing boutique, an unassuming black table is able to sense what’s sitting on top of it.
From a messy pile of clothes heaped there, it can pick out a pink blouse, yellow dress and blue jumpsuit – complete with the designer and the price tag.
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Singh, the founder of Armoire, and Woodruff, the engineer who designed the contactless pay system, at the store’s opening on March 9, 2022. — Seattle Times/TNS
An embedded RFID tag lets customers at Armoire grab and go. — Seattle Times/TNS
The rental clothing company Armoire opened on March 9, 2022, with contactless payments options similar to Amazon Go, but unique and proprietary. — Seattle Times/TNS)
The black-topped table tricked out with sensors greets customers at the store entrance, where they are prompted to sign into their account and leave their returns on top of the table to be scanned. — Seattle Times/TNS
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