The online marketer Amazon is opening a new kind of store. It is one where people do not have to wait in long lines to buy a product. Instead, the buyers pay using their smartphones. The new store is in the American city of Seattle, Washington. It is called Amazon Go. It sells products that are normally found in a grocery store. What you will not find, however, are long lines and cashiers exchanging money. Customers must have a smartphone, an Amazon account, and a program on their smartphone: the Amazon Go app. The app makes a list of everything that customers plan to buy from the store. After customers have finished shopping, they can simply leave. Amazon says that because its new store does not require as many employees, the prices of goods will remain low. The company has been working on creating the store for four years.
Title: New Amazon Store Lets Customers Avoid Long Lines
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1550/Amazon_store.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New Amazon Store Lets Customers Avoid Long Lines' data-article-id='2066'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7041.666667'>The online marketer Amazon is opening a new kind of store.</span> <span data-start-time='7041.666667' data-end-time='14208.33333'>It is one where people do not have to wait in long lines to buy a product.</span> <span data-start-time='14208.33333' data-end-time='19958.33333'>Instead, the buyers pay using their smartphones.</span> <span data-start-time='19958.33333' data-end-time='26062.5'>The new store is in the American city of Seattle, Washington.</span> <span data-start-time='26062.5' data-end-time='30166.66667'>It is called Amazon Go.</span> <span data-start-time='30166.66667' data-end-time='36104.16667'>It sells products that are normally found in a grocery store.</span> <span data-start-time='36104.16667' data-end-time='43625'>What you will not find, however, are long lines and cashiers exchanging money.</span> <span data-start-time='43625' data-end-time='55604.16667'>Customers must have a smartphone, an Amazon account, and a program on their smartphone: the Amazon Go app.</span> <span data-start-time='55604.16667' data-end-time='63062.5'>The app makes a list of everything that customers plan to buy from the store.</span> <span data-start-time='63062.5' data-end-time='68770.83333'>After customers have finished shopping, they can simply leave.</span> <span data-start-time='68770.83333' data-end-time='81000'>Amazon says that because its new store does not require as many employees, the prices of goods will remain low.</span> <span data-start-time='81000' data-end-time='87166.66667'>The company has been working on creating the store for four years.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1550/8A2246FC-47E8-4C4E-839A-9BED79F4CEA8_w987_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' 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