Category: amazon go

Amazon’s smart shopping cart knows what you’re buying

[ad_1] According to Amazon, the Dash Cart is designed for “small- to medium-sized grocery trips and fits two grocery bags.” Upon arrival, customers will sign in using a QR code in the Amazon app and then place products into their own bags while shopping. The cart will beep when the product is correctly identified or […]

Amazon may open checkout-free supermarkets early next year

[ad_1] Amazon opened its first checkout-free store in early 2018, and it has said it could open as many as 3,000 cashierless Amazon Go stores by 2021. So far, most have been smaller convenience stores, but people have speculated that it’s only a matter of time before Amazon brings the cashierless checkout to large supermarkets. […]

Amazon says it’ll roll out a new grocery store format next year

[ad_1] The company told CNET it’s “opening a grocery store in Woodland Hills [a suburban Los Angeles neighborhood] in 2020.” It posted four job listings for the outlet, which it described as “Amazon’s first grocery store.” It’s hiring two grocery associates who’ll replenish stock and handle points of sale, a food service associate who’ll work […]

Amazon opens its second Go store in New York

[ad_1] In addition to groceries, the store will offer ready-to-eat meals and snacks, including offerings from locals bakeries and vendors Dominique Ansel, Magnolia Bakery, Ess-a-Bagel, Epicured, Bien Cuit, Hale & Hearty and Terranova Bakery. There will also be Amazon meal kits and freshly brewed coffee and espresso on sale, following the launch of coffee at […]

Philadelphia is the first US city to ban cashless stores

[ad_1] Cashless businesses can be efficient and convenient while acting as a barrier against robbers looking to steal a stack of bills. However, they can exclude people without a bank account or those who can’t or don’t want to load funds onto a prepaid debit card, which often charge fees. “It just seemed to me […]