LONDON: Amazon on March 4 launched its first “just walk out shopping” outlet outside the United States, as the online retail giant steps up its competition with traditional supermarkets and other retailers.
Customers at Amazon Fresh in Ealing Broadway shopping centre in west London queued outside the black and green storefront under social distancing measures to be first to use the convenience store which has no checkouts.
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Customers shop at the UK’s first Amazon Fresh supermarket, in London, Britain. Amazon has said the store, which is similar to 20 Amazon Go outlets in the United States, uses ‘deep learning’ algorithms – technology which allows machines to learn by themselves – with cameras and sensors to tell what customers have picked up. — Reuters
A customer displays the QR on their phone before they enter Amazon’s new Amazon Fresh store in Ealing, west London. Customers will scan a QR code on their way into the store, with cameras and technology identifying the items shoppers take from the shelves. — AFP
A customer scans a QR code to enter at the UK’s first Amazon Fresh supermarket, in London, Britain. — Reuters
A customer stands for a photograph with an Amazon Fresh-branded shopping bag after buying groceries from its new store in Ealing, west London. — AFP
A woman looks at the products at the UK’s first Amazon Fresh supermarket, in London, Britain. Amazon has said the store, which is similar to 20 Amazon Go outlets in the United States, uses “deep learning” algorithms – technology which allows machines to learn by themselves – with cameras and sensors to tell what customers have picked up. — Reuters
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