Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account The Amazon Fresh stores, however, will have traditional checkstands and cashiers for customers who opt to not use the Dash Cart or who have larger grocery trips. The company’s Amazon Go convenience stores use hundreds of cameras and proprietary AI technology to allow customers to walk in, grab a handful of items, and get an electronic receipt as they leave. This isn’t Amazon’s first rodeo in trying to enable an autonomous and cashier-less shopping trip.

The cart can scan items with a bar code and weigh barcode-less products such as produce.Ĭustomers then exit through a specific sensor-enabled lane that automatically charges the credit card on their Amazon account. After using their Amazon app to effectively log into the cart, customers place one or two shopping bags in the basket. The “smart cart” resembles a one-basket convenience cart and is equipped with bar code readers, sensors and scales. The stores also will debut the Amazon Dash Cart, a shopping cart that scans groceries, links to online shopping lists, and doubles as a checkout stand. Stationed throughout the store are Amazon Echo Show smart displays that can summon Amazon’s virtual helper, Alexa, which can help answer customers’ queries such as, “Where can I find the mayonnaise?”Īmazon Dash Cart, a smart shopping cart that allows you to shop as you normally would and skip the check-out line. But the Amazon Fresh store, which bears the same name as Amazon’s grocery delivery business, is also laden with technology.

The 35,000-square-foot market in Woodland Hills, which is opening Thursday to select local residents before opening widely in the coming weeks, features departments similar to what you would find in your local grocery store - produce, dry goods, seafood and meat counters, as well as prepared foods. The Amazon Fresh stores could help Amazon grab market share from Kroger and Walmart and gain additional shopper data, while expanding its private label lineup, analysts have told CNN Business. Some of them are online-only sites for the fulfillment of grocery delivery orders. Including Woodland Hills, Amazon confirmed it is opening seven Amazon Fresh stores - four in California and three in Illinois - but has not announced their opening dates. (WMT), by comparison, holds 21%, according to Cowen estimates.

Amazon’s current market share is 4%, Helbling said.

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