Amazon’s latest grocery store concept opens, with high-tech carts


An Amazon Dash Cart. The world’s largest online retailer has experimented with physical stores in recent years to capture more consumer spending, particularly in groceries. — Amazon/AFP

Amazon.com Inc on Aug 27 said it is opening a supermarket in Los Angeles with shopping carts that let customers skip checkout lines, as the e-commerce company builds out its offline presence.

The market, in the Woodland Hills neighbourhood, is called the Amazon Fresh grocery store. It is the first location to let customers in – by invitation only – out of seven that Amazon has confirmed for Southern California and greater Chicago. The Woodland Hills site will open to the wider public in coming weeks, Amazon said.

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