Amazon to test automated checkout technology

Amazon to test automated checkout technology

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will introduce automated checkout technology to two Whole Foods stores , marking the latest test of Amazon 's " grab and go " system in large supermarkets , according to CNBC . The new technology , called "Just Walk Out," will be launched in two Whole Foods stores opening in 2022. The two stores are located in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. , and Sherman Oaks, California.

 

To use Amazon's "Just Walk Out " service , shoppers scan an app to enter the store , where cameras and sensors track the items they select and automatically check out without waiting in line .

 

Amazon customers can check out by scanning their app, inserting a credit or debit card linked to their Amazon account , or entering the store via a palm-scanning payment system . For those shoppers who choose not to use Amazon's cashier- free technology , they can only use self-checkout or go to a customer service kiosk to check out.

 

Amazon’s rollout of the technology, which it has adopted in a growing number of store formats and is also selling to third-party retailers, puts the company ahead of startups that have developed similar systems but have n’t marketed them as aggressively .

 

Meanwhile, reports say that Amazon 's promotion of the "Just Walk Out" system may arouse the dissatisfaction of labor unions. The labor unions said that with the promotion of this technology , many cashiers are at risk of unemployment, but Amazon countered that this would allow employees to do other work in the store . The two sides are at odds.

 

Amazon has brought a lot of high-tech changes to Whole Foods since it bought the grocery chain for more than $ 13 billion in 2017. In April, Amazon launched a palm scanning payment system at Whole Foods stores in Seattle, and Amazon said it would expand the technology to other locations next .


Amazon

technology

Latest Tests

<<:  As the epidemic situation improves, Shopify's traffic will slow down in the third quarter

>>:  Ozon plans to invest 2 billion rubles to boost sellers' sales in November

Recommend

What is DropStream? DropStream Review, Features

Designed as an integrated platform that simplifies...

What is GREATS? GREATS Review, Features

Founded in 2014, GREATS is the first Internet sho...

Etsy Advertising Dashboard Updates to Help Sellers Advertise!

Recently, the Etsy platform released an update to...

AliExpress tops the UK download charts

Recently, data from the Apple App Store showed th...

What is Dexin Overseas Warehouse? Dexin Overseas Warehouse Review, Features

Dexin Overseas Warehouse provides standardized ov...

What is Naipo? Naipo Review, Features

Naipo is a home health appliance brand under Aoki...

What is Bailaohui? Bailaohui Review, Features

Bailaohui Cross-border E-commerce (Shenzhen) Co.,...

What is Kaspi.kz? Kaspi.kz Review, Features

Kaspi.kz is the largest e-commerce platform in Kaz...

What is Auchan? Auchan Review, Features

Auchan is the second largest comprehensive superma...

Sales volume collapsed, sellers: Peak season is not busy!

Since the end of the autumn promotion, the number...

What is Jeeves? Jeeves Review, Features

Jeeves offers an expense management platform for ...