Amazon picks Notting Hill for first UK cashierless store
Amazon is bringing its first British checkout-free supermarket to Notting Hill, according to the Times.
It reports that the US e-commerce giant is close to exchanging contracts for a 20,000 sq ft site at 66-74 Notting Hill Gate with property developer Enstar Capital.
The store will tap Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, with groceries being supplied by Morrisons.
OTG
Earlier this week, Amazon announced a new business line selling its Just Walk Out technology.
And now OTG, which operates over 350 restaurants and retail locations in North American airports, has said it will be one of the first retailers to adopt the tech.
The first store, a CIBO Express Gourmet Market, will open next week (16th March) in Newark Liberty’s Terminal C. This will be followed by additional ones in both Newark Liberty and LaGuardia airports.
“We’re incredibly proud to be integrating Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology into the OTG airport experience,” says OTG CEO Rick Blatstein.
“We have always embraced technology as a means of optimising the airport experience so that we can give our guests their time back. By using the world’s most advanced shopping technology in our CIBO Express Gourmet Markets, we’re doing just that by putting our guests in full control of their time.”
