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        <title><![CDATA[Amazon unveils high-tech shopping cart that eliminates need for cashiers]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amazon is ramping up <strong>its mission</strong> to make shopping faster with a new high-tech shopping cart that eliminates the need for long lines at the cash register — and the cashiers who run them.</p><p>The &#8220;Dash Cart&#8221; the e-commerce titan unveiled Tuesday automatically rings up items that shoppers drop in their bags and charges them when they leave without a cashier&#8217;s intervention.</p><p>The carts — which Amazon plans to roll out at its Los Angeles grocery store slated to open later this year — use technology similar to the company&#8217;s cashierless Amazon Go stores, where shoppers can pick products off the shelves and leave without checking out. They are the<strong> latest effort by Amazon</strong> — run by billionaire Jeff Bezos — <strong>to streamline shopping</strong>, a campaign that has ruffled union feathers.</p><p>The company has opened more than two dozen Amazon Go stores equipped with its &#8220;Just Walk Out&#8221; technology, including a <strong>Seattle grocery store</strong> that debuted in February. Another cashier-free market is in the works for nearby Redmond, Washington.</p><p>The Amazon Go Grocery shop raised hackles from the United Food and Commercial Workers labor union, which cast it as part of a business strategy &#8220;designed to destroy millions of grocery worker jobs.&#8221;</p><p>But Amazon said the Dash Cart will not reduce the number of employees in its Los Angeles store, which will also have traditional checkout stations. The market will have a staff comparable to other grocery stores of its size, the company said without giving a specific number of employees.</p><p>Customers will have to scan a QR code in Amazon&#8217;s mobile app to shop with a Dash Cart, which uses cameras and sensors to detect the products placed inside it. The carts will need a little help with fresh fruits and vegetables — the shopper can enter the item&#8217;s price lookup code and weight on an attached screen.</p><p>Customers can also use that screen to pull up their Alexa shopping list, scan coupons and check the subtotal for their trip. When shoppers leave the store through a special &#8220;Dash Cart lane,&#8221; sensors will spot the cart on the way out and Amazon will charge the credit card on their account.</p><p>But don&#8217;t bet on the Dash Cart for a big weekly shop — Amazon says it&#8217;s &#8220;specifically designed for small- to medium-sized grocery trips&#8221; and only fits two shopping bags.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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