<p>Amazon has unveiled a new kind of retail store, with no cashiers.<br />Customers at the concept store in Amazon's hometown of Seattle, Washington, can fill their shopping carts and walk out - with the costs automatically tallied up and billed to their accounts with the US online giant.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amazon Go, which is being tested with Amazon employees and will open to the public next year, is a "checkout-free shopping experience made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning," its webpage said.<br /><br />"Our Just Walk Out technology automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in a virtual cart. When you're done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we'll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt."<br /><br />The 1,800-square-foot (170-square-meter) store is selling a variety of food products, including bread, cheeses and ready-to-eat meals, as well as Amazon Meal Kits, which contain ingredients for home-cooked dishes.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear whether Amazon will expand this model with more physical stores or offer the technology to other retailers.<br /><br />The online giant has been rumored to be looking at creating brick-and-mortar stores but so far has only announced a handful of outlets selling books.<br /><br />The Wall Street Journal cited people close to the matter as saying that Amazon Go was one of several store formats the retail giant is considering.<br /><br />Two prototype drive-through locations in Seattle without in-store shopping options are set to open in the coming weeks, the Journal reported.<br /><br />Depending on the success of the test locations, Amazon could reportedly open more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores under its brand.<br /><br />If it does push forward with selling fresh food in stores, Amazon could put a lot of pressure on traditional grocers and superstores like Wal-Mart.</p>
<p>Amazon has unveiled a new kind of retail store, with no cashiers.<br />Customers at the concept store in Amazon's hometown of Seattle, Washington, can fill their shopping carts and walk out - with the costs automatically tallied up and billed to their accounts with the US online giant.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amazon Go, which is being tested with Amazon employees and will open to the public next year, is a "checkout-free shopping experience made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning," its webpage said.<br /><br />"Our Just Walk Out technology automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in a virtual cart. When you're done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we'll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt."<br /><br />The 1,800-square-foot (170-square-meter) store is selling a variety of food products, including bread, cheeses and ready-to-eat meals, as well as Amazon Meal Kits, which contain ingredients for home-cooked dishes.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear whether Amazon will expand this model with more physical stores or offer the technology to other retailers.<br /><br />The online giant has been rumored to be looking at creating brick-and-mortar stores but so far has only announced a handful of outlets selling books.<br /><br />The Wall Street Journal cited people close to the matter as saying that Amazon Go was one of several store formats the retail giant is considering.<br /><br />Two prototype drive-through locations in Seattle without in-store shopping options are set to open in the coming weeks, the Journal reported.<br /><br />Depending on the success of the test locations, Amazon could reportedly open more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores under its brand.<br /><br />If it does push forward with selling fresh food in stores, Amazon could put a lot of pressure on traditional grocers and superstores like Wal-Mart.</p>