One interesting question about this is that of strategy. How will Amazon use this to strengthen it's power? One possibility is of course building convenience s

One interesting question about this is that of strategy. How will Amazon use this to strengthen it's power? One possibility is of course building convenience stores. but the task is immense - there are 150K conevinence stores in the US, more globally. and they have only a limited window until competitors copy the tech. So they will probably want to get the maximum strategic benefits in that time window. And while licensing money is nice, that's not the best asset convenience stores has got. Their best asset is their location and their space. If Amazon get access to some of that, they could build a distribution network, maybe for grocery pickups, maybe at a global scale, and at a very fast growth rate. And somewhere along this process, i suspect Amazon could convince or get enough power so that convenience store owners will partner with them, for example on selling Amazon private label.