No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store


A worker pushes a cart inside an Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. — AP

NEW YORK: Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line.

The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, where shoppers can grab milk or eggs and walk out without waiting in line or ever opening their wallets. It's the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up the US$800bil (RM3.39tril) grocery industry.

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