Amazon shutters cashierless convenience stores in three major US cities

Signage outside an Amazon Go store at the company headquarters campus in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Amazon said it would permanently shutter two stores in Seattle, two in New York City and four in San Francisco. — Bloomberg

SEATTLE: Amazon is closing eight Go convenience stores across the US as the online retail giant continues to evaluate its brick-and-mortar strategy.

The closures hit the company's network of Amazon Go shops, convenience stores that sell snacks, grab-and-go items and drinks. They feature Amazon's Just Walk Out technology that allows customers to skip checkout lines. In addition to Amazon Go, the company operates Amazon Fresh grocery stores and acquired Whole Foods in 2017.