<input type&equals;"hidden" value&equals;"" data-essbisPostContainer&equals;"" data-essbisPostUrl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;heading-into-amazons-ai-powered-grocery-store&sol;" data-essbisPostTitle&equals;"Heading Into Amazon&&num;8217&semi;s AI Powered Grocery Store" data-essbisHoverContainer&equals;"">&NewLine;<p>We’ve seen the inevitable happen&period; Dystopia&comma; is dystopia no more&period; Nothing seems too distant or extreme for real-life occurrence&period; Why then can’t one of the world’s largest tech companies launch their very own physical store&quest; That too for groceries&quest; And that too with their own tech add-ons&quest; Alexa&comma; show them how it’s done&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;106679797&lowbar;1598489579145&lowbar;amazon&lowbar;fresh&lowbar;grocery&lowbar;store-1-1024x768&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Amazon's AI Powered Grocery Store" class&equals;"wp-image-8040" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-large-font-size">New Store Alert<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Reiterating it’s belief that physical stores will continue being a near-irreplaceable component in retail&comma; Amazon opened its first physical store in Woodland Hills&comma; Los Angeles&period; However&comma; this is simply the first of a chain of stores the tech biggie plans to open &lpar;in locations such as Naperville&comma; Illinois&comma; Irvine&comma; California and North Hollywood&comma; California to name a few&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This seems to come in as direct competition to chains like Walmart which currently dominates the physical retail space in the US&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The store will initially function on an invitation only basis and will operate between 7 am and 10 pm&period; These are subject to change&comma; depending on further developments&period; The store is expected to house products of mainstream brands apart offering Amazon’s in house products as well&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The store will extend offers to Prime Members &&num;8211&semi; such as free home delivery&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-large-font-size">Tech add-ons&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Not forgoing the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;aboutamazon&period;com&sol;shopping&sol;introducing-the-first-amazon-fresh-grocery-store"> tech <&sol;a>aspect of it&comma; for starters the store is expected to incorporate an automated AI and camera approach to the checkout process&period; Customers will be greeted with a new feature &&num;8211&semi; Amazon Dash Cart&period; This feature allows people to build their own list of items to shop &lpar;using Amazon devices or the Alexa App&rpar; before they step into the store&period; The Echo Show devices &lpar;powered by our dear Alexa&comma; of course&rpar; attached at various points throughout the store will assist people in doling out more information on the products as well as where to find them in the store&period; Before the customers exit in their designated lanes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-large-font-size">Offering variety&comma; safely<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The store will also offer a range of culinary products to visitors made by an in-house team&period; Fresh&period; Every day&period; These range from freshly baked bread&comma; to pizzas and rotisserie chickens&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>With the threat of pandemic still looming large&comma; Amazon hasn’t left behind safety safeguards&period; Employees will undergo temperature checks daily&comma; with mandatory usage of masks for the workers as well as visiting customers&period; Having said that&comma; the store will observe a maximum occupancy capacity of 50&percnt; at all times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;