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    No more 'just walk out' at Amazon grocery stores. The new bet is smart shopping carts

    The retailer banked big on the cashier-less tech. It's now out at Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S. But Amazon's grocery ambitions are only shapeshifting.
    by Alina Selyukh Apr 03, 2024 2 minutes
    The first Amazon Fresh grocery store in London opened in 2021. The company is replacing its "Just Walk Out" technology at U.S. stores with smart shopping carts, but leaving it in the U.K.

    As far as Amazon's gee-whiz technology goes, "Just Walk Out" is in the pantheon: Early shoppers marveled at the concept of grabbing stuff off grocery shelves and simply leaving, tracked by cameras that calculate the eventual receipt.

    Amazon banked big on this to propel its sprouting grocery business past competitors — and in the process transform the industry.

    Now, it's . (It's staying in the UK.) Many experts

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