Amazon Opens First Go Store That Accepts Cash

Amazon launched its high-tech Go convenience store a year ago, where shoppers can pull items off the shelf and walk out. Now it’s adding a decidedly low-tech feature: accepting cash.

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Its new store that opened in New York City Tuesday is the first Amazon Go store to do so. At its other shops, customers can only enter with an app that links to a credit card or an Amazon account. The company, facing a backlash from those who believe cashless stores discriminate against the poor, confirmed last month that it was working on a way to accept dollar bills and coins. In the new store, employee will swipe those who want to pay by cash through the turnstile entrance. After shoppers grab what they want off the shelves, an employee will scan each item with a mobile device, take the cash, give customers their change and hand them a receipt. There still won’t be cash registers i