Amazon Has Competition in "Just Walk Out" Grocery Stores

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) doesn't seem to have gotten very far yet on its cashierless Amazon Go convenience stores. There are only 13 in operation, a far cry from the 3,000 locations it purportedly wants to have operational by 2022. 

But by opening the first one and then continuing to incrementally build on the lessons learned, Amazon has spawned broad interest in so-called "just walk out" technology. And we're now beginning to see competitors pop up all around the country, which could become the future of retailing, at least as it pertains to grocery stores.

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