Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Physical Retail Strategy

Re:Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Phys... by async_dev on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @04:28PM (#19322995)

Note that they are only shutting down pop-up stores that feature (it sounds like) all Amazon products like Kindle, etc. NOT their cashierless "Go" stores. It sounds like they figured out that dedicated physical locations for Amazon products don't make sense like it does for Apple, etc.

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Re:Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Phys... by cbeley on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @05:54PM (#19323813)

I was scared for a second. I'm really loving the amazon go store (though, it also happens to be downstairs from where I work).

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Re:Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Phys... by Lorenzo45 on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:53PM (#19324640)

Same here! Super jealous though because the closest one is a 20 min drive. I wish I had one closer because they're such a great shopping experience.

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Re:Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Phys... by benbristow on Thursday March 07, 2019 @08:18AM (#19327748)

Amazon devices aren't premium. In fact, they're more the opposite.

People are less excited to come and play with them because they're (for many people) easily affordable unlike Apple products where a try before you part with a lot of money is a bigger 'thing'.

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Re:Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Phys... by anth_anm on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @04:53PM (#19323248)

Makes more sense to have them in go stores, whole foods, etc...

I bought my parents an echo because they had them on sale at whole foods around christmas.

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Re:Amazon to Shut All U.S. Pop-Up Stores as It Rethinks Phys... by chrischen on Thursday March 07, 2019 @02:57AM (#19326319)

As a dedicated Apple user, the Apple stores are invaluable for fixing hardware issues or diagnosing them.

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