Amazon Plans to Open Six More Cashierless Stores, Recode Says

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Amazon.com Inc. plans to open as many as six more cashierless stores this year, according to a report.

The e-commerce giant is considering locations in Los Angeles and hometown Seattle, where the first Amazon Go store opened last month, Recode reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation.

Amazon Go is the company’s most ambitious effort to change the way people shop and a play for the struggling $550 billion U.S. convenience store industry. It’s part of the company’s larger brick-and-mortar ambitions, which include a stepped-up push into groceries with the Whole Foods Market acquisition as well as the opening of about a dozen book stores in such cities as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
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