Silicon Valley Takes On Amazon’s Cashierless ‘Go’ Stores
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SAN FRANCISCO— Amazon.com Inc. recently opened its fourth cashierless convenience store here, all located within a few blocks of each other. Nearby, two startups are each demonstrating their own technology that they envision powering cashier-free stores across America.
This roughly one-square-mile stretch in the tech capital’s bustling business district is emerging as a battleground to eliminate retailing’s centuries-old checkout process and reinvent the way consumers shop.