Amazon tracks repeat shoppers for line-free Seattle store – and there are many


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  • Monday, 19 Mar 2018

SEATTLE, WA - JANUARY 22: A shopper walks out the the Amazon Go store, on January 22, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. After more than a year in beta Amazon opened the cashier-less store to the public. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

LAS VEGAS: Amazon.com Inc is tracking how regularly customers shop at its store without checkout lines in Seattle – and so far, the verdict is they keep coming back. 

“The ones who work very close, like in the building up above, will come down even just to grab a drink because it's so fast and easy,” Amazon vice-president Gianna Puerini said in an interview at the ShopTalk e-commerce conference in Las Vegas. 

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