Ambitious Amazon Go Raises Concerns About Tech Snafus

Radial -- HTML5 element support for IE6-8 [if lt IE 9]> <![endif]StartFragmentThe least favorite part of the retail experience for most shoppers is the checkout. The lines are long, the wait is boring, and the waste of time is frustrating and stressful. eCommerce behemoth Amazon is addressing the problem by trying to reinvent grocery shopping: shoppers armed with smartphones enter a brick-and-mortar grocer with the Amazon Go app, take the items they want, and leave. That's a vision for the future; right now, it's a concept tied to a single Amazon store opening that opened in early 2017.EndFragment

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