Amazon Opens Convenience Store with a Twist

B2 – Upper intermediate

Amazon is opening a physical store in Seattle where purchases are automatically completed using a phone app. There will be no cashiers, no checkout lines. Just grab what you want, scan it, and walk out.

Read the article below to know more about Amazon Go – the convenience store with a twist.

http://www.voanews.com/a/mht-amazon-opens-physical-convenience-store-with-a-twist/3623667.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. Would you be concerned with this kind of service getting hacked or is there no difference than buying online?
  2. If this works do you think more stores will do this since they wouldn’t need to hire so many employees and could save money lowering the price of items?
  3. Would you rather shop in a store where you could just walk in, grab what you want and walk right out instead of waiting in a line or would you be willing to keep things the way they are so people could keep their jobs?
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2 replies on “Amazon Opens Convenience Store with a Twist”

Discussion Questions:
1. Would you be concerned with this kind of service getting hacked or is there no difference than buying online?
In my opinion there is not much difference between the Amazon convenience store and the online shopping, actually I think you can check your bill after the Amazon convenience store shopping and complaint immediately if you find some errors.
2. If this works do you think more stores will do this since they wouldn’t need to hire so many employees and could save money lowering the price of items?
Yes, I think so because you can buy cheaper and also safe time that is very important.
3. Would you rather shop in a store where you could just walk in, grab what you want and walk right out instead of waiting in a line or would you be willing to keep things the way they are so people could keep their jobs?
I would say yes, there are more pros than cons so as a customer I think it’s better this kind of convenience stores, unfortunately there will be more people unemployment because of that, but is a trend that we have already put in motion in other places like the underground (to get tickets) in the movie theatres, etc… Is the sign of the times.

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I would say yes, there are more pros than cons so as a customer I think it’s better this kind of convenience stores, unfortunately there will be more people unemployment because of that, but is a trend that we have already put in motion in other places like the underground (to get tickets) in the movie theatres, etc… Is the sign of the times.

I would say yes. There are more pros than cons. So, as a customer, I think that this kind of convenience stores are better.. Unfortunately, there will be more people who will become unemployed because of this, but it is a trend that we have already put in motion in some places like the underground, in the movie theatres, etc. It is the sign of the times.

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