(Seattle)

In a sign that should make all retail employees shudder, Amazon has finally launched its staff-less store. The store has no staff and no checkout, a development the company calls “just walk out” shopping. Shoppers are tracked by sensors all over the store, and the system allows Amazon to just automatically charge them when they leave. The concept is technically called Amazon Go, and this newest convenience store is Amazon’s thirteenth brick and mortar location in the US.

FINSUM: In our view, this is absolutely genius. While we hate the idea of fewer retail jobs, and don’t support that, Amazon is basically developing a way to get rid of the tedious checkout line.