The store, which will occupy an area of around 35,000sq ft is set to open on Thursday December 10.
This will be Amazon’s fifth grocery store location, with the others all based in California at Woodland Hills, Irvine, Northridge and North Hollywood. The Amazon Fresh format was launched in August 2020 and has been exceptionally well-received thus far as the stores integrate a number of technologies to enhance and ease the shopping experience.
These technologies and enhancements will be utilised in the new Illinois store, including Amazon Dash Cart which allows customers to skip the queue and check out quicker. The technology uses a combination of computer vision algorithms and sensor fusion to identify items customers put in the cart.
There will also be a number of Amazon Echo devices that utilise Alexa voice technology to enable customers to quickly navigate the store aisles and find products much quicker.
