Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself

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Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the technology in its own.

FILE PHOTO: An Amazon checkout-free, large format grocery store is pictured during a tour in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 21, 2020.REUTERS/Jason Redmond/File Photo

The company refuted a report by tech site The Information this month that the technology relies on human reviewers in India to watch customers as they shop. The expansion of Just Walk Out tech to third party stores, such as stadiums and Hudson News locations at airports comes as Amazon plans to take the technology out of its own existing Fresh grocery stores.

Amazon has been trying to keep pace with Walmart and others with its Fresh stores, delivery options, and the buyout of Whole Foods in 2017 for more than $13 billion.

 

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