ALL PHOTOS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01AM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,2020. Cameron Janes, Amazon VP for Physical Stores, gives a tour of the new Amazon Go Grocery on Seattle’s Capitol Hill Monday, February 24, 2020. It is the first of its kind and is opening Tuesday, February 25,2020. Since cameras on the ceiling will record customer’s purchases, they will not have to stand in line to check out. 213088 213088 (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
Cameron Janes, Amazon vice president for physical stores, gives a tour Monday of the new Amazon Go Grocery on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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