Amazon opens its largest-yet cashierless grocery in US


The 2,300-square-metre grocery store, a former Safeway, is Amazon’s largest application of its ‘just walk out’ tech. The company has historically struggled to use the technology in formats larger than a convenience store, according to reporting from Bloomberg, because of the technical complexity of tracking a large number of shoppers across a bigger space. — Chicago Tribune/TNS

Amazon’s long-awaited Fresh grocery store in Bellevue, Washington, opened June 17 to crowds – and a twist.

The company revealed in a surprise announcement last week that the store is the company’s first full-size Fresh grocery equipped with cashierless technology, powered by a vast array of motion-aware ceiling cameras and sensors that track which items are removed from shelves and then automatically bill customers’ Amazon accounts when they leave.

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