On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > If replacing workers with robots was Amazon's main angle, they would have > been better off going for Safeway or that type of mass merchant. why? > ...putting cans of soup on a shelf seems like a much easier challenge to > robotize than picking out the nicest veggies. > > I think Amazon's main angle, or one of them, is to have a lot of places > where well-heeled shoppers can be counted on to be there a couple of times > a week... allowing them to order (via mobile phone) and in many cases > pickup their Amazon goods when they are grocery shopping and without > sending a delivery truck out. Delivery is the last big cost factor to > address. Amazon Prime has helped but they can make more on the > entertainment, if they can shift the some delivery cost back a less costly > avenue. > > Amazon and Walmart are trying to maximize every little part of the retail > transaction but in the end, my money would be on Amazon as their online > capability is so huge. > > Axil Axil wrote: > > vhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/16/ > people-are-worried-amazon-will-replace-whole-foods- > workers-with-robots/?utm_term=.8da06e571e18 > > > I'm sure Amazon's first order of business is building an online clientele for fresh produce and groceries. What can be automated later, will be. Later.
