Amazon Go stores are getting bigger than ever
Amazon is expanding its reach into the real world with its biggest store launch yet.
The company is set to open Amazon Go Grocery, an expanded version of its cashier-less shopping experience, in Seattle this week as it looks to cement its standing as a successful physical retailer.
The new store will be four times bigger than any existing Amazon Go store, the first of which opened in January 2018, as Amazon looks to stamp its mark on the high street.
Amazon Go Grocery launch
In keeping with the other Amazon Go offerings, the new store will not feature any checkouts or queues to pay for goods. Instead, customers log in via the specially-designed Amazon Go smartphone app when they enter, and then scan the barcodes of individual items to add them to a shopping list.
The cost of these items are then deducted from the customer’s linked debit or credit card when they leave the store. A network of cameras and weight sensors embedded into the store shelves is able to keep close track on which particular items are being taken, with any returns also being noted if a shopper places an item back on the shelf.
The new store looks to target residential shoppers in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighbourhood, as opposed to the office workers who have made up the bulk of custom at the existing city-centre Amazon Go stores.
Amazon says the range of goods on offer will vary in terms of price and scale, although it’s likely that some lines will be shared with Whole Foods, which the online giant bought in 2017.
“Our goal is to be able to figure out how to be relevant for customers in whichever neighborhood that we’re in. If we do a good job, good things happen. If we don’t, we course-correct,” Dilip Kumar, Amazon vice president of physical retail and technology, told Reuters.
Via: Reuters
Amazon is expanding its reach into the real world with its biggest store launch yet. The company is set to open Amazon Go Grocery, an expanded version of its cashier-less shopping experience, in Seattle this week as it looks to cement its standing as a successful physical retailer. The new…
