Fujitsu and Zippin Partner to Hasten Checkout-Free Retail Store Implementation 1 By Krishna Motukuri, CEO The agreement was concluded following a successful field trial conducted earlier this year by Fujitsu and Zippin with the Lawson convenience store chain in Japan. FREMONT, CA: Fujitsu Limited, a multinational IT equipment, and services firm, and Zippin, a software company, announced a new partnership that named Fujitsu as the exclusive distributor of Zippin's check-out-free solution in Japan. Fujitsu is Zippin's first exclusive distributor and will begin offering Zippin's cash-free solution by March 2021 to establish a new artificial intelligence smart store company for the micro-market. In the future, the partners will further improve their partnership and consider expanding geography beyond Japan. The agreement was concluded following a successful field trial conducted earlier this year by Fujitsu and Zippin with the Lawson convenience store chain in Japan.