In the U.K., Amazon currently operates 19 standalone stores, including 18 in London. While this is a far cry from the 260 units planned by 2024, which were announced at launch in March 2021, “Amazon is still opening stores in the U.K. That means it’s working,” Daniel Ducrocq, C.E.O. of A3Distrib (NielsenIQ), told mind Retail.
Other players testing autonomous supermarkets in London include Sainsbury’s Local (using Amazon’s technology), Tesco Express Get Go (Trigo) and Aldi. Technologically,...