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posted by Fnord666 on Friday March 08 2019, @08:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the they-had-retail-stores? dept.

Amazon's Latest Retail Shift Means Closing 87 Pop-Up Kiosks

Amazon, the giant online retailer, is closing all 87 of its U.S. pop-up kiosks, which let customers try and buy gadgets such as smart speakers and tablets in malls, Kohl's department stores and Whole Foods groceries. It's the latest change in Amazon's bricks-and-mortar retail strategy, which includes bookstores, grocery stores and cashier-less stores. "Across our Amazon network, we regularly evaluate our businesses to ensure we're making thoughtful decisions around how we can best serve our customers," an Amazon spokesperson said Thursday. Instead, the company is expanding Amazon Books and Amazon 4-star retail stores, the spokesperson said. Amazon 4-star stores, currently in New York City, Denver and Berkeley, Calif., sell various products, including consumer electronics, kitchen products and books that are rated 4 stars or above by customers on Amazon.com. The pop-up kiosks are expected to close by the end of April, The Wall Street Journal reported.


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday March 08 2019, @01:53PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday March 08 2019, @01:53PM (#811522) Journal

    Are kiosks within stores "retail stores"?

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  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday March 08 2019, @02:14PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Friday March 08 2019, @02:14PM (#811526) Homepage Journal

    They have a web "page" for this one. They call it "Physical Retail Locations." I wouldn't call it Retail. You go to a Retail Store, they collect the Tax, right? Not Amazon. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business. With these fly-by-night "Physical Locations." They pop up, they're physical for one night, they pop down. They're gone -- and you're screwed!!