Amazon may bring cashierless technology to other retailers
Seattle-based Amazon may bring its cashierless technology from its Amazon Go stores to other retail locations.
According to CNBC, sources revealed Amazon is in talks to bring the technology platform supporting its automated Go store format to Cibo Express convenience stores located in airports, Regal Cinemas movie theaters and baseball stadiums. Amazon is said to want to begin installing Go technology in third-party stores in early 2020 and have hundreds of Go-equipped stores from other retailers operating by the end of the year. The conversion process may take as little as two weeks.
Sources said Amazon is considering different business models for the program, including taking a percentage of sales or charging an upfront cost and set monthly fee. It’ is not clear whether the Go experience would include Amazon branding or what app customers would use to perform “scan and go” shopping. Amazon and the parent companies of Cibo Express and Regal Cinemas declined to comment, reported CNBC.
In a related matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is advancing its plan to open a new chain of U.S. grocery stores, unaffiliated with its purchased Whole Foods Markets brand, in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Amazon has reportedly already signed over a dozen leases within the Los Angeles region, with many of the proposed locations outside urban cores and focusing on middle-class income families, according to the Wall Street Journal.