Amazon launches Amazon Dash for delivery of groceries

[stealthbomber]

Amazon.com Inc launched a new product named Amazon Dash on Friday that allows the user to add groceries and household goods to their shopping lists using the company's AmazonFresh service.

A black-and-white hand-held wand-shaped remote-control features a microphone, speaker as well as a bar-code reader and links directly to the user's AmazonFresh account.

However, the device is available only for users of the AmazonFresh which currently operates exclusively in Southern California, San Francisco and Seattle. The device is free during the trial period, according to the product's website.

However, signing up for Amazon Dash is by invitation only while the AmazonFresh service is currently available only Southern California, San Francisco and Seattle.

The online retailer has been steadily expanding towards electronics manufacturing businesses, starting with the Kindle e-reader which was first launched in 2007, and the Fire TV streaming set-top box announced earlier this week, even as it seeks new ways to energize a gradually slowing core retail business.

Amazon has been steadily expanding its "Fresh" online grocery business, targeting one of the largest retail sectors yet to be upended by online commerce. The company has plans to launch AmazonFresh, which has operated in Seattle for years, in roughly 20 urban areas in 2014, including some outside the United States.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/05/us-amazon-amazondash-idUSBREA3402T20140405

amazon out here trying to take over the world

 

[-DMP-]

Been waiting for this.

bring on the grocery delivery drones

-DMP-

 

[Dee_Roso]

amazon is the anti Christ

 

[HookersandIceCream]

I like grocery shopping

 

[Yuzo]

how much this cost

 

[Tunez]

R.I.P. Target

 

[stealthbomber]

I like grocery shopping

yeah i dont see this picking up except for hipsters. i would never buy food online, i want to check the quality of my fruit. and a lot of what i buy is spur of the moment while im out shopping.

 

[duncanthetall]

I like grocery shopping

Lol yeah...fukk this shyt. Not everything needs to be automated or whatever

 

[L&HH]

I can see them carving out a decent niche market for this. It won't be the next BIG thing though

 

[Yuzo]

yall enjoy shopping? im good with taking time out of my day, getting dressed, running around the store looking for what you want, waiting in line with people, loading bags to the car, and carrying them to the house.

thats like 45 minutes of bs i dont have to go through

 

[R=G]

Good

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I like grocery shopping

Amazon fresh is not more convenient or better than a grocery store. Even in seattle, only their own employees use it...

 

[Yuzo]

I like grocery shopping

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

yall enjoy shopping? im good with taking time out of my day, getting dressed, running around the store looking for what you want, waiting in line with people, loading bags to the car, and carrying them to the house.

thats like 45 minutes of bs i dont have to go through

Thats the laziest shyt ive ever read in my life.

 

[Yuzo]

o the joys of grocery shopping