Amazon appoints agents to seek sites to hit Go on grocery retail drive

Amazon Go shop

Amazon has hired agents to search for up to 200 sites to launch its grocery retail concept Amazon Go in the UK.

The online retail giant unveiled plans for Amazon Go, a 1,800 sq ft checkout free store that uses Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ technology, last year. The firm made its first entry into the grocery retail market with the Seattle launch of its home delivery service Fresh in 2007 and subsequent London debut in 2016.

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