{"id":5559,"date":"2016-12-07T21:05:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T19:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:28:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:28:15","slug":"amazon-opens-convenience-store-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2016\/12\/amazon-opens-convenience-store-with-a-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Opens Convenience Store with a Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article below to know more about Amazon Go &#8211; the convenience store with a twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/mht-amazon-opens-physical-convenience-store-with-a-twist\/3623667.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/mht-amazon-opens-physical-convenience-store-with-a-twist\/3623667.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Would you be concerned with this kind of service getting hacked or is there no difference than buying online?<\/li><li>If this works do you think more stores will do this since they wouldn&#8217;t need to hire so many employees and could save money lowering the price of items?<\/li><li>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?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; 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. 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