Amazon Go: a watershed moment for retail

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After months of tinkering, Amazon.com has finally deemed its cashier-free convenience store ready for business.

Amazon Go, as the outpost is called, opened its doors to the public on Monday. The US store is outfitted with cameras and sensors that keep track as you fill your shopping bag. You then exit through a gate without going through a checkout line. You get charged for your purchase in an app.

There’s a decent chance this marks the earliest days of a dramatic shift in retail, one that calls for a fundamental rethinking of labour allocation, technology investments and how to approach customer service in stores.
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Source: Tech Central
 
agentrfr said:
What's the reasoning for racist? Im on mobile
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Not everyone has a smart phone, and not everyone has a bank account, and it doesn't accept food stamps... cos you know, all 320+million americans will be shopping at this one store
 
Temujin said:
Not everyone has a smart phone, and not everyone has a bank account, and it doesn't accept food stamps... cos you know, all 320+million americans will be shopping at this one store
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Best part being: it is not racist at all to assume blacks don't have smart phones or bank accounts and live off food stamps ...
 
agentrfr said:
What's the reasoning for racist? Im on mobile
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It's not. Just the endgadget sister article that has a video claims its racist due to lack of smartphones and chequeing accounts ( both of which are required ) amongst other racial groups than supreme coloniast silver spoon folks.

Funny thing is, in this country nearly EVERYONE has a smartphone, nevermind a cellphone.
 
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