The Future of Grocery Stores - Amazon Style
Is this 1,800 square foot store the future of grocery shopping? After over a year of anticipation, Amazon Go, the high tech, line-less, cashier-less shopping experience, opens today in the ground floor of one of the buildings in Amazon's Seattle headquarters.
The store started when Amazon asked itself: What if we could create a shopping experience with no lines and no checkout? Could we push the boundaries of computer vision and machine learning to create a store where customers could simply take what they want and go?
The result is a sleek, upgraded convenience store where shoppers can buy ready made meals, wine, produce and Amazon's own meal kits. Since the company acquired Whole Foods back in June, they're also stocking Whole Foods' 365 products.
So how does it work? Customers have to...FULL ARTICLE: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/amazon-go-high-tech-grocery-store-seattle-no-cashiers-255037