Amazon’s cashier-less Go stores are coming to Chicago and San Francisco

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Amazon is looking to open more of its cashier-less Go stores across the United States and it looks like San Francisco and Chicago will be
among the next cities to get them, according to new job postings in those cities. In response to the postings, discovered by The Seattle
Times, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed that stores were being planned for both of the cities, though they didn&t specify what timing looked
like. There aren&t many details beyond the general job listings, but they do list a couple of management positions around these two
sites. Earlier this week, the SF Chronicle reported that an Amazon Go store could be coming to SF heavily trafficked Union Square downtown
area
Meanwhile, the company has a permit for what would be a much smaller 635-square-foot &Amazon store& inside Chicago Loop area. Amazon Go
store is designed with the idea of getting consumers in and out of a convenient store-like grocery without ever having to go through the
check-out process
The store relies heavily on cameras tracking customers and seeing what they select while charging them directly through an Amazon Go app
The company &store of the future& is currently only in Seattle and appears to be a wholly separate initiative from Whole Foods, which Amazon
acquired last year.