Amazon Go Grocery store concept debuts in Seattle
Amazon has opened its first Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle.
The 7,700-square-foot space taps cameras, shelf sensors and software to allow shoppers to pick up items and walk out without stopping to pay or scan merchandise. Accounts are automatically charged through a smartphone app when they exit. Further details here.
This builds on the launch two years ago of Amazon Go convenience stores. There are now 25 locations across US cities including San Francisco, Chicago and New York.
“What Amazon Go did for central business districts, like locating it very close to where people work so you can get breakfast, lunch, snacks, Amazon Go Grocery does the same thing, but closer to home,” says Dilip Kumar, VP of Physical Retail & Technology at Amazon.
“It’s a new format, it’s not just a bigger Amazon Go. It’s a much more expanded selection that caters to what people are looking for shopping for groceries.”
