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The innovation in rethinking the convenience store is not only in the technology, but also the fact that they're likely going to not sell nasty gas station snac
by aviv 9y ago
The innovation in rethinking the convenience store is not only in the technology, but also the fact that they're likely going to not sell nasty gas station snacks.
- phillipcarter 9y agoThe latter point isn't an innovation. My local grocery store (not a big franchise) doesn't sell nasty snacks, either. They've been in business a lot longer than Amazon.
- aviv 9y agoThe innovation part is how this Go store has the power to bring healthy snacks into general convenience stores and gas stations and getting the disease causing ones to be pushed out.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoWhy are you patting Amazon so hard on the back over this hypothesis? The article didn't mention anything about it; Walmart, Target, 7-11 all have the exact same power, but don't exercise it. Why do you think Amazon Go will push healthy snacks over deep-fried candybars?
- aviv 9y agoWhole foods. Amazon is going upmarket, not down.
- heimidal 9y agoThere's no evidence that Amazon bought Whole Foods because it's an upmarket grocery store and avoided others. It's very likely that Amazon will eventually buy a "normal" grocery chain and serve as large of a population as possible.
- phillipcarter 9y agoHuh? Amazon Go is a separate store from these places. There is nothing mentioned about how they're licensing their technology out to other vendors. And it's not innovating by offering healthier options for grab 'n go food and snacks. I don't see your point here.