AWS Just Walk Out Technology
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AWS Just Walk Out Technology
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#2SNL satire of this:
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#3Great idea - let me install of this stuff to let you suck analytics out of my store and then compete with me in two years.
Yeah, no thanks.
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#4SNL satire of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y
This is the best example as to why DEI for companies matters. A room full of white & asian men would likely not pick up on this prior to the launch.
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#5That's a really unfortunate name considering their reputation for employees walking out on the job.
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#6> 60 percent of respondents state that long wait times to check out are a major concern while shopping in a store. The report also revealed that 80 percent of retail executive respondents believe that smart checkout is one of the most important solutions to invest in over the next five years.
The local Kroger instances here have these handheld things you can use to scan items as you put them in your cart rather than at a checkout station.
I don't exactly see a large number of people using them. Like, I think I might have seen one, once?
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#7Expect to have to install an app for every store you want to go into over the next few years with all the accompanying snooping. This tech is a wet dream for retailers.
Who needs store cards when they can just see in realtime what you're picking up and putting back, along with your demographic data.
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#8I've been impressed by the Amazon Go stores. They seem to work pretty well. I'm glad to see Amazon at least trying to spread this technology. I enjoy using it.
I do think the palm reading thing will be a potential vulnerability in two regards. First, maybe as a "hack". Is there a way to fake the palm scan? Something you could put on your palm to assume someone else's palm print? If I use this service will I have to be concerned with thieves scanning my palm print? Second, I think it will also invoke a "creepiness" concern among the general population when Amazon starts wanting your palm prints.
I am also confused as to why this falls under the AWS umbrella. It seems very unlike other AWS offerings. This requires adding hardware to your store.
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#9> 60 percent of respondents state that long wait times to check out are a major concern while shopping in a store. The report also revealed that 80 percent of retail executive respondents believe that smart checkout is one of the most important solutions to invest in over the next five years. The local Kroger instances here have these handheld things you can use to scan items as you put them in your cart rather than…
Walmart+ app allows you to scan items with your phone as you pick them up. Then, when you reach the self-checkout, you just scan a QR code and you are "checked out". I wish you didn't need to do the self-checkout thing, and could just finalize the transaction entirely from your phone, but other than that it is pretty good.
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#10Expect to have to install an app for every store you want to go into over the next few years with all the accompanying snooping. This tech is a wet dream for retailers. Who needs store cards when they can just see in realtime what you're picking up and putting back, along with your demographic data.
Hate to admit it, but if it saves me time on checkout, they can have that information.