Innovation is nothing without distribution - Amazon's new automated stores

Amazon has “thrown open” the doors of its first bricks and mortar store, Seattle’s Amazon Go. The Next Web reports that the opening comes more than a year after the retailer announced it was extending its grip on consumers’ purses. Effectively, the store works like the automated check-outs employed for more than a decade by major retailers like Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose – only without the need to queue and, hopefully, without the faff of “unexpected item in the bagging area”. The launch of Amazon Go ...