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April 28, 2017

5 reasons Amazon is trying physical stores

  • What it's learning — and what it plans to do with that knowledge — is the next big question.
  • By ANICK JESDANUN
    AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK — Is the online giant of retail also looking to conquer physical stores?

    Amazon has been dabbling in physical retail since 2015, during which time it's opened a half-dozen bookstores that double as gadget emporia, a score of campus bookstores that don't sell books and a convenience store without cashiers. For now, its efforts seem largely experimental, though that may not be true for long.


     
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