Amazon Go

Amazon Go is a prototype grocery store operated by online retailer Amazon.com, with one location in Seattle, Washington. The first store, opened on December 5, 2016, in the company's new headquarters, is partially-automated, with customers able to purchase products without using a cashier or checkout station.

In its report on the opening the Wall Street Journal reported that this first location was one of at least three Amazon planned to open, each of which was in a different format. In October 2016 the Business Insider reported they had seen internal Amazon documents that described Amazon opening up as many as 2000 stores, over the next ten years. Amazon spokesmen refuted the reports of 2000 stores, insisting they were still learning. The Business Insider predicted that Amazon was likely to open only twenty or so stores, during the next two years.

The Verge reported this first store is scheduled to open to the public in early 2017, its December 2016 opening was for Amazon employees only, to test for teething problems. The first store was only 1800 square feet, the size of a corner convenience store. The other test stores will be larger.

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