Amazon Scrapping ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology at Fresh Stores

Amazon is ditching its “Just Walk Out” technology that allows customers to shop and leave stores without having to visit a typical physical checkout, company officials have confirmed. Instead, the Seattle-based company will replace the technology with smart carts, also known as “dash carts,” through which customers can skip the checkout line. That technology, effectively a scanner integrated into a shopping cart, also provides additional benefits, such as allowing consumers to scan their items as they shop and see their spending in real time via an onscreen receipt. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the change in a statement to USA TODAY, noting the decision will only impact Amazon Fresh locations—the company’s online and physical grocery stores—and not Amazon Go convenience stores....