Similar to when Amazon launches a new product, it wants to test market first. There are 26 Go stores, located in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle. Shoppers with more than two bags should use the traditional checkout methods, Helbling adds.Īmazon entered the food business in a big way in 2017 by buying Whole Foods, and expanded with the online Fresh store, which offers food delivery, and the Go stores, which offer cashierless shopping in a store that monitors purchases with overhead cameras.Īmazon opened an expanded Go Grocery store in Seattle in February, which also has meats and produce, and is targeted toward locals who can walk in and out. Jeff Helbling, Amazon’s vice president of the Fresh stores, says the shopping cart uses “a combination of computer vision algorithms and sensor fusion,” within the cart to identify and tally up the items.Īmazon says the cart will make “a quick grocery trip even quicker by allowing you to skip the checkout line.”Ĭustomers who use the Dash Cart will be expected to bag their own groceries. Our second episode - "The Evolution of Electric Trucks" - featured Nikola founder and executive chairman Trevor Milton. Audience members will gain access to the industry's leading expert in their particular field and the thoughtful moderation of a Transport Topics journalist.
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