Amazon is planning to start accepting cash at its cashierless Amazon Go stores.
Last month, Amazon's senior vice president of physical stores, Steve Kessel, told employees that Amazon Go stores will have"additional payment mechanisms" in the future,An Amazon spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider that the new mechanisms would include paying with cash.
According to CNBC's Eugene Kim, Kessel's announcement was in response to a question about"discrimination and elitism" at Amazon Go stores, which do not have cashiers. "The whole point of Amazon Go, the chain's tech-powered cashierless convenience store, is that there's no need to pay a cashier," "Customers can just swipe their app and go. The store's cameras and sensors will see what you take and charge you accordingly."hopes to open up to 3,000 cashierless Amazon Go stores by 2021.
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