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The online retail giant Amazon will start selling its cashier-less technology to any store or retail outlet that wants it. The software is called "Just Walk Out". The software means stores do not need any cashiers. Shoppers simply scan a smartphone app when they arrive at a store and then put their shopping in their bag and... just walk out of the store. The software automatically calculates the cost of the customer's shopping and charges the cost of their shopping to the customer's Amazon account. The new software will allow customers to have their credit card or other payment card deducted instead. Amazon has been using the software for the past two years in its own Go Grocery stores.
The Just Walk Out software will reduce the amount of employees a store needs. Instead, the store will need to put hundreds of small cameras on the ceiling. The cameras link to software that detects what customers have put into their bag. The software then bills the customer and issues a receipt online. An industry expert expects Amazon to make a lot of money from selling the software to other stores. Many stores want to remove one of the biggest things customers complain about - slow checkouts. Amazon said the software will allow store staff, "to focus on more valuable activities". However, a retail expert worries that, "there will be fewer jobs as automation comes in".
Comprehension questions- What is the name of the Amazon software?
- What do shoppers need to scan?
- What does the software automatically calculate?
- What can shoppers use to pay besides a credit card?
- For how long has Amazon been using the software in its grocery stores?
- What will the software mean stores need fewer of?
- Where will stores have to put hundreds of cameras?
- What did an industry expert say Amazon would make?
- What did the article say was one of the biggest customer complaints?
- What did an expert say would lead to fewer jobs?
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