Jan 24 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios.com
Opening day at the new AmazonGo store signifies further disruption in the retail industry.
Amazon’s New Prey
How Many Robots Does It Take to Fill a Grocery Order?
Nov 6 2017 – Jing Cao – Bloomberg Tech
It once took online grocer Ocado two hours to put together a box of 50 food items. Now machines can do it in five minutes.
AI Will Put 10 Million Jobs At High Risk – More Than Were Eliminated By The Great Recession
Oct 6 2017 – CBInsights.com
Automation is coming after jobs, from fast food workers to accountants. This study shows which jobs are most at risk, given several different factors.
The Job-Stealing Robot Apocalypse May Be Worse Than Previously Thought
Aug 31 2017 – Maya Kosoff – Vanity Fair
The Oxford professor who famously predicted that automation would threaten 47 percent of the U.S. labor force says retail jobs are next.
Drones Relay RFID Signals for Inventory Control
Aug 25 2017 – Larry Hardesty – MIT News Office
MIT researchers have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags in large warehouses at a distance of several meters, while identifying the tags’ locations with an average error of about 19 centimeters. This new system could save retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records.
Amazon’s Move Signals End of Line for Many Cashiers
Jun 17 2017 – Claire Cain Miller – New York Times
Automated retail stores may be a thing of the future and Amazon Go shows us the way.
In China, a Store of the Future – No Checkout, No Staff
June 16 2017 – Yiting Sun – MIT Technology Review
Wheelys tests a 24-hour store run entirely by technology.
Why is Trump More Worried About Coal Miners Than Department Store Employees?
Jul 10 2017 – Philip Bump – Washington Post
Job loss in retail is much higher than job loss in the coal mining industry, but Trump still highlighted coal miners more on the campaign trail.
Job Losses to Automation Could Hit Retail Industry Hardest
Apr 27 2017 – CBS News
A video showing innovations in automation for the retail industry.
Amazon’s Grocery Store Doesn’t Have a Single Checkout
Dec 5 2016 – Jamie Condliffe – MIT Technology Review
At the Amazon Go store in Seattle, you can simply scan your phone, pick your food off the shelf, and go.