I'd love to see this at airports or something. Kind of hard to imagine in a real supermarket but maybe someday.
They have one in Seattle, there's also a few go stores, similar to 7/11 around NYC, Seattle, and a few other cities.
“Just walk out” technology by Amazon
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#242Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was a cashier in college for several years. Your scenario happens far more than 0.0001% of the case. It's fairly common amongst poor people. Then there are items that aren't acceptable for use by food stamps and must be paid for separately. Then there is WIK and trying return WIK items for cash refunds. You also have people who misread the labels. Then there are items that aren't in the right place and the label sa…
> It's fairly common amongst poor people. Are these people shopping at Amazon boutiques?
The whole point of this post is that Amazon is opening up the tech to other grocery chains...
Re: “Just walk out” technology by Amazon
#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was a cashier in college for several years. Your scenario happens far more than 0.0001% of the case. It's fairly common amongst poor people. Then there are items that aren't acceptable for use by food stamps and must be paid for separately. Then there is WIK and trying return WIK items for cash refunds. You also have people who misread the labels. Then there are items that aren't in the right place and the label sa…
> It's fairly common amongst poor people. Are these people shopping at Amazon boutiques?
Amazon Go is a convenience store...if convenience stores pick this up then yes, they will shop there.
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#244It also eliminates more human contact.
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#245I would bet that the money maker isn't the actual technology. The data they could collect on consumer shopping habits, tied automatically to a cross-store profile + an expanded Amazon SSP/DSP would create huge value to Amazon and brands. Added onto their already fast growing advertising business. If this is in fact their revenue play they could even sell this at a loss just to build up the ecosystem, get a unmovable…
I doubt it would be a game changer. Grocery stores already collect this when you use a card for discounts
(They’ll never say no if you ask to put on the store card though...)
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#246Aaaand there’s the play. Amazon wasn’t trying to compete with other retails stores by leveraging their tech edge, they were positioning themselves to becoming the single provider of retail checkout solutions for the future. You either opt-in to giving Amazon all your retail data, or you become the only old fashioned “wait in line to get served” store on the street.
And where is the competition? Is there anyone at all who can provide something like this?
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#247Aaaand there’s the play. Amazon wasn’t trying to compete with other retails stores by leveraging their tech edge, they were positioning themselves to becoming the single provider of retail checkout solutions for the future. You either opt-in to giving Amazon all your retail data, or you become the only old fashioned “wait in line to get served” store on the street. And where is the competition? Is there anyone at all…
Yep. I've been sitting here thinking Amazon was going to spool up tons of retail locations that leveraged their tech to create a massive moat that other Brick & Mortars couldn't possibly compete with.
In hindsight it seems obvious that the play was to "AWS" the whole thing: make yourself the first/best customer, nail the implementation, then sell it to the world.
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#248I hate the no people future, therefore, I hate this service. Unfortunately for me, that means nothing. I see this service taking over, at the very least, a large percentage of the 7/11 bodega type of stores. I see a future where the corner store will return. Over the last few years, companies have gone large so they can take advantage of the economy of scale. This service will reduce labor costs and have costs fall r…
My life wouldn't be the same without communicating with the Pakistani dude who is looking at his phone when I buy something at 7/11...
Sure, there's downers everywhere but there are also positive people that affect your day positively! There's a great lady at the local supermarket where I live who has such high energy and good spirits that just seeing her manage her team is uplifting.
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#249> In Just Walk Out-enabled stores, shoppers enter the store using a credit card. They don't need to download an app or create an Amazon account. But you may as well. By giving them a CC# you're allowing Amazon to spy on you anyway -- and that's not even mentioning the copious surveillance in such stores in the form of cameras and behavior detection. > If shoppers need a receipt, they can visit a kiosk in the store an…
Do you seriously never buy things from shops using a credit (or debit) card? That's dedication. Not sure what it gets you, but well done!
I never buy thing with a credit card, because I don't have a credit (or debit) card. Don't assume that everyone has the same options.
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#250Aaaand there’s the play. Amazon wasn’t trying to compete with other retails stores by leveraging their tech edge, they were positioning themselves to becoming the single provider of retail checkout solutions for the future. You either opt-in to giving Amazon all your retail data, or you become the only old fashioned “wait in line to get served” store on the street. And where is the competition? Is there anyone at all…
Where’s the evidence anyone will actually use this thing? Maybe eventually. You can already do this at apple, but does anyone do it? Perhaps, they will get used to it in time, but i don’t know.