The New York location is the first Amazon Go store that lets consumers pay with cash if they want to:
Go stores — are considering banning cashless stores, with some already enacting laws to do so.
Since the NYC Amazon Go store can accept cash, the threat to these stores' ability to operate and expand has likely been mitigated.At the new location, consumers who prefer to pay in cash and coin can have a store employee scan them into the store . After these shoppers pick their items, an employee will scan their items and check them out,NBC New York.
Shoppers paying in cash need to get help from employees twice and must wait for their items to be scanned, likely making Amazon Go an unattractive option for them. This will likely drive these shoppers away from Amazon Go, making it a less attractive format for other retailers that would like to mimic it or pay Amazon to use its technology.
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