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... 135   Summary Initiated by Amazon, the Amazon Go retail experience (see Figure A-1 and Figure A-2) uses a combination of cameras, sensors, computer vision techniques, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to create a cashierless retail experience; the first airport location will be at Newark Liberty Inter national Airport (EWR)
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... 136 Airport Biometrics: A Primer What? ● Cashierless retail technology ● Project implemented by Amazon Where?
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... Case Study: Amazon Go Cashierless Retail Experience 137   The Customer Journey The customer journey can be described by the following: • Each shopper (and that shopper's party) enters and is identified with a QR code generated by the Amazon Go app, biometric hand palm, or a credit card in the case of stores equipped with the Just Walk Out technology.
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... 138 Airport Biometrics: A Primer System Specifications The system relies on an artificial intelligence (see Figure A-3) to track the customer in the store.
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... Case Study: Amazon Go Cashierless Retail Experience 139   Stakeholders and Responsibilities Stakeholders The main stakeholders of Amazon Go concept are Amazon and the third-party retailers who have purchased Just Walk Out technology services. Responsibilities Amazon owns the Just Walk Out concept, which builds on a series of patents submitted by Amazon Technologies since 2013 (Puerini et al.
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... 140 Airport Biometrics: A Primer Source: Kumar et al.
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... Case Study: Amazon Go Cashierless Retail Experience 141   Source: Kumar et al.
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... 142 Airport Biometrics: A Primer Source: Kumar et al.
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... Case Study: Amazon Go Cashierless Retail Experience 143   Responses From Customers Crowd-sourced reviews for individual stores rate on average more than 4 stars out of 5. A stated choice survey conducted by the Shorr group in 2018 found that "84% of respondents to a survey said that they see Amazon Go as a ‘type of grocery shopping experience' they'd enjoy more than traditional grocery shopping" and "over 25% of respondents said that they would pay more for grocery products if it meant they didn't have to wait in line at checkout" (Shorr 2018)
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... 144 Airport Biometrics: A Primer two-step authentication process. Another option is the use of not just one biometric, but two or more, thereby providing options for customers to choose from.

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