Amazon food stores dropping Just Walk Out payments — and want you to scan all your groceries instead
Just Walk Out dropped in favor of new Amazon "Dash Carts"
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Just Walk Out dropped in favor of new Amazon "Dash Carts"
Amazon is making a major change to its brick-and-mortar grocery stores that customers may not like.
When Amazon debuted cashier-less technology, it was hailed as the future of retail. But now, Amazon is walking back its “Just Walk Out” technology at its grocery stores, reining in grand promises of an automated, friction-less checkout.
Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing division of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), has announced its plans to downsize its workforce. The layoffs specifically target the division's physical stores technology and sales and marketing departments.
Amazon Web Services, which builds tech for the company and outside brands, lays off hundreds. It's the latest sign of change for the retail apparatus.