Amazon.com Inc. has built a convenience store that deploys a gaggle of technologies to allow shoppers to come in, grab items and walk out without going through a register. It's a sign that Seattle-based Amazon sees a big opportunity in revolutionizing the traditions of Main Street commerce. The Amazon Go store is open to Amazon employees participating in a testing program. Shoppers walking into the store would call up the Amazon Go app and hold their smartphone to a scanner as they would at an airport. Unlike the self-serve registers present at many supermarkets, there's no need to stand in line or go through any register.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 05, 2016 17:37 UTC