Amazon Go opened its first automated grocery store this week in Seattle, where it promises there will be "no lines, no checkouts, no registers". It launched an Amazon Go app on Amazon Go at the same time. Walmart and Kroger are also testing a similar concept. Automation could have huge implications for the retail and grocery industry, putting job creation at jeopardy worldwide. More than 3.5 million Americans held jobs as cashiers as of May 2016 with nearly 900,000 of those in grocery shops, according to the Department of Labor.
Amazon Go opened its first automated grocery store this week in Seattle, where it promises there will be "no lines, no checkouts, no registers". It launched an Amazon Go app on Google Play at the same time. Walmart and Kroger are also testing a similar concept. Automation could have huge implications for the retail and grocery industry, putting job creation at jeopardy worldwide. More than 3.5 million Americans held jobs as cashiers as of May 2016 with nearly 900,000 of those in grocery shops, according to the Department of Labor.