New technology has helped Amazon bring their first store to the high street in Seattle. A whole self-check-out store. This new innovative piece of technology allows amazon to do something no other fashion retailer has done. The new store offers a speedy experience while fueling fears for retail jobs. Amazon Go’s hi-tech solution is unlikely to work everywhere. A bank of four self-serve checkouts cost about £8600 each and Amazon Go’s serious computing power and hi-tech sensors are likely to cost significantly more. Amazon Go might be economic on the ground floor of Amazon’s offices, where developers earn six-figure salaries.
Amazon is mainly an online company that sources a lot of goods. Looking into their sustainable sourcing Amazon focuses on health and safety in production areas and any living quarters; the right to legal wages and benefits; appropriate working hours and overtime pay; prevention of child labor or forced labor; and fair and ethical treatment, including non-discrimination.