Sam's Club CEO wants to use AI-powered cart scanners to ring you up automatically

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Sam's Club members must ring up their totals using the company's phone app before heading to the exits, but that's going to change.

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Aldi is the latest grocery store to use a rival version of Amazon's Just Walk Out tech

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Shoppers are seen outside of an Aldi grocery store in Coal Township, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2022.
Aldi has reportedly added a rival to Amazon's Just Walk Out to one of its stores near Chicago.

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I tried paying with my palm at Whole Foods using Amazon's futuristic scanners. It was scarily convenient.

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Amazon One is coming to all Whole Foods locations by the end of the year.

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Panera Bread to start using handprints to greet you by name and suggest menu items

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Using new technology, Panera employees will be able to greet customers by name and suggest menu items based on personal preferences.

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Lawsuit argues Amazon illegally surveilled NYC customers including tracking their body size. Here's why Amazon Go stores are watching you.

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Amazon Go Store Accused of Violating NYC's Biometric Surveillance Law

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Amazon is facing a class-action lawsuit that was filed on Thursday, claiming the company did not inform Amazon Go customers that they were being recorded at its New York City location.

Here's the list of Amazon Go stores closing next month as the company evaluates its brick-and-mortar retail strategy

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Amazon is closing eight of its cashierless convenience stores several years after launching the format, which uses the company's Just Walk Out technology.

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Several Amazon Go Stores Are Crumbling

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Amazon is closing eight of its Amazon Go stores including two in New York City, effective early this Spring. The company confirmed the closures in an email to Gizmodo but clarified the only stores affected were those that had minimal impact on customers.

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Amazon is closing certain Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores, suggesting that grocery hasn't been as fruitful as it hoped

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Inside an Amazon Fresh store.

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