Key Takeaways:
- Amazon has closed three of its Go convenience stores in New York, leaving only 17 stores across the nation.
- The company has cut the number of Go storefronts it operates nearly in half since 2023.
- Amazon has pulled the Just Walk Out technology from its grocery stores, citing a focus on smaller grab-and-go shops.
- The company still licenses the Just Walk Out technology to third-party convenience stores and remains committed to the Go format and technology as a whole.
- Amazon's decision to scale back on Just Walk Out technology is a strategic move to focus on other areas of its business, such as grocery delivery and physical retail expansion.