Amazon targets airports for checkout-free store expansion


FILE PHOTO: A customer walks out of the Amazon Go store, without needing to pay at a cash register due to cameras, sensors and other technology that track goods that shoppers remove from shelves and bill them automatically after they leave, in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 18, 2018. Photo taken January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dastin/File Photo

Amazon.com Inc is looking at bringing its futuristic checkout-free store format to airports in an effort to win business from hungry, time-pressed travellers, according to public records and a person familiar with the strategy. 

The move underscores how a company that started as an online bookseller is making forays into brick-and-mortar retail to capture a greater share of shoppers' spending. 

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