Madelyn Dean: Amazon Moves to Cut Checkout Lines, Promoting a Grab-and-Go Expirience

Amazon has created a store in Seattle where customers are capable of picking up groceries and prepacked meals and not waiting in line to pay. So far only Amazon employees shop there for now on the ground floor of one of their new office towers in Seattle. Its marketed to be introduced to the public next year as Amazon Go and can be assessed through a smartphone app. Concepts similar to this have been introduced prior to with Amazon bookstores sprinkled through the country. Amazon, as a company, is estimated to make $135 billion plus in sales this year. Although matters of shoplifters and alcohol purchases have yet to be answered, innovative ideas are endless.

The constant push and progression towards technology in the twenty-first century have led to an innumerable increase in communication, transportation, and convenience. We see this root deep down in the American Industrial Revolution with a growth of productivity and innovation pushing us to where we are today.


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