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Amazon's much-heralded convenience store of the future, Amazon Go, may seem like a crazy experiment. But the company plans to open as many as six more of these storefronts this year, multiple people familiar with the company's plans have told Recode.
Some of the new high-tech stores are likely to open in Amazon's hometown of Seattle, where the first location is based, as well as Los Angeles, these people said. It's not clear if Amazon will open up Go stores in any other cities this year.
In Los Angeles, Amazon has held serious talks with billionaire developer Rick Caruso about bringing a Go store to The Grove, his 600,000-square-foot outdoor shopping Mecca, two of these people said.
And in Seattle, Amazon had identified at least three locations for additional Go stores as of last year, according to one source.
[...] News of the planned expansion of the Amazon Go concept is sure to set off fresh concerns about the great societal challenges that come with the type of automation that Amazon is inventing. Since the Amazon Go model does not involve customers checking out, there are no cashiers working in the stores.
Source: ReCode
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday February 26 2018, @03:02AM
If you look at how these stores work [techcrunch.com] there is none of the issues you worry about. Everything you pick up and put in your cart is instantly on your phone with no need to do any math, or even scan it with your phone. Just shop till you have what you want or approach your limit and walk out.
You don't even have to bring your wallet, flash your cash or anything. Of course you't probably have to trust a bank or an app, own a smart phone and a data plan, and any body who sings the virtue of cash is probably not going to be caught dead in that camp.
But given you have all those things, (play along with me here) what could possibly be easier that walk in, pick up, and walk out like it was your own private pantry?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.