‘Just walk out shopping’: Amazon Go opens first Chicago location of its cashierless convenience store


Peter Feldman, black shirt, shops at the new Amazon Go store on the 100 block of South Franklin Street on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 in Chicago, Ill. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

CHICAGO: Amazon's cashierless stores are designed to spare time-crunched shoppers from waiting in the checkout line. 

But when Chicago's first Amazon Go store opened on a Monday morning, most shoppers were taking their time to browse the selection and get used to the idea of a store that lets you grab your purchases and leave without formally paying. 

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