Seattle (CNN Business) Over the past year, Amazon has opened seven of its Amazon Go stores to the public, ditching checkout lines for AI that tracks what customers want to buy. On Wednesday, Amazon opened its first pint-sized Amazon Go store, which takes up about 450 square feet inside one of its Seattle offices — a fraction of other Amazon Go locations, which range from 1,800 to 2,000 square feet. Such small stores could also help Amazon keep ahead of a handful of startups who are trying to convince existing retailers to buy their cashierless technology. Unlike other Amazon Go stores — seven are open and two others are under construction — this one is not available to the general public. The retailer took the same approach with its first Amazon Go store, which initially opened in 2016 just to employees.

Source: CNN December 12, 2018 08:12 UTC