Report: Amazon plotting 6 more cashierless stores, including one in Los Angeles

Ralphs parent company, Kroger, challenges Amazon with ‘scan and go’ shopping technology. Roughly 30 Ralphs stores in Southern California will get the Scan, Bag and Go technology in 2018. (Courtesy Kroger/Ralphs)Customer Paul Fan shops at an Amazon Go store, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Seattle. The store on the bottom floor of the company’s Seattle headquarters allows shoppers to scan their smartphone with the Amazon Go app at a turnstile, pick out the items they want and leave. T