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Amazon opened the Amazon Go Grocery, a cashier-free supermarket that lined up at the cash register and didn’t have to pay.
Amazon has already announced that it plans to open the store-free convenience store Amazon Go in 2018 and increase the number of stores to 3,000 by 2021. In addition, there have been reports that it is considering introducing a cashless payment system to airports and movie theaters. In addition, at the end of 2018, the possibility of operating a cashless payment system that does not require a cash register at a large mart was reported, but this time, the Amazon Go Glossary was finally introduced.
In order to eliminate the frequent customer lineup in front of the cash register, which is common in Amazon-listed supermarkets, a cashless cashless payment system operated by Amazon Go was introduced. Amazon opened a storefront supermarket in Seattle, USA, on February 25th. When a buyer enters a supermarket, they turn on the dedicated app and hold the device at a station ticket gate. Cameras and sensors are installed inside the store, which allows buyers to track products brought from the shelves, and charges for products brought by buyers to their Amazon account.
This cashless payment system is basically the same as Amazon Go. The store area of Amazon Go Glossary is 970m 2 , more than five times larger than the Amazon Go. Amazon has expanded its online grocery delivery service since it acquired Whole Foods, an organic supermarket chain in 2017. However, it still lags behind Wal-Mart, which has 4,700 stores in the United States. Since the US grocery market is worth $800 billion, services such as Amazon Go, Fresh, and Go Glossary are an expression of Amazon’s willingness to participate in this market in earnest.
Amazon will open a different type of grocery store in LA in 2020 than the Amazon Go Glossary. Amazon said it has no plans to introduce a cashless payment system like Amazon Go at this store. Amazon does not comment on plans to increase the number of Amazon Go Glossary stores, and does not plan to introduce a cashless payment system to the Whole Foods it acquired.
Most of the fruits and vegetables handled by Amazon Go Glossary are said to come from suppliers such as Whole Foods. Some Whole Food brand products, such as organic oatmeal and bagged carrots, are also sold, and some products are not sold by Whole Foods. In addition, there is no butcher shop or fish, so they are sold in compressed form such as cut meat and fish fillets on refrigerated shelves.
There are no clerks here, so the only working staff is to replenish products on the shelves, and recyclable bags are also distributed. Here, families can shop using a single smartphone.
In addition to Amazon, 7-Eleven is testing a cashless payment system in a store for employees in Texas, USA. In addition, some point out that the cashless payment system discriminates against low-income people who do not have credit cards or bank accounts. Amazon Go Glossary also accepts cash payments. Related information can be found here .
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