Articles about amazon books

The rise and fall of Amazon’s homegrown stores: A decade of retail experiments comes full circle

The closure of the Amazon Go and Fresh stores is the end of an era for the online giant. We trace how Amazon got here — and why the only stores left are the chain it acquired. Read More

Rivian joining other electric vehicle makers with pop-up showroom at Seattle shopping mall

Seattle’s University Village shopping center is turning into an auto row of sorts for electric vehicle makers. Rivian, the maker… Read More

New chapter for physical retail: Barnes & Noble is growing — including in former Amazon Books spots

How’s this for an epilogue? Barnes & Noble, the chain bookseller that struggled for years to compete against Amazon and… Read More

Surprise, dismay, and delight greet Amazon’s decision to close its physical bookstores

Reacting to a plot twist that many did not see coming, book lovers, sellers and Amazon watchers were caught off… Read More

Working backwards from the customer: Inside Amazon’s strategy to launch new products

If you follow Amazon, you know the company operates not just with a customer focus, but with a customer obsession.… Read More

Amazon continues physical retail expansion with plans for new bookstore in Nashville and 4-star store in Boston

Amazon’s brick-and-mortar portfolio is about to get even bigger. The tech giant said Thursday it will open an Amazon Books… Read More

What’s in store for Amazon? Language tweaks in filings shed light on tech giant’s evolution

Sometimes the smallest changes can say a lot. In just the last three years, Amazon has become a force in… Read More

Amazon reports ‘record-breaking’ holiday season with its own devices selling ‘millions more’

If you bought an Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, or Echo as a gift —… Read More

Amid reports of abandoned projects, Amazon says it’s still ‘excited’ about physical bookstores

Amazon Books was the tech giant’s first take on brick-and-mortar retail, starting in Seattle in 2015 and setting off a… Read More

Amazon’s new Seattle-area bookstore shows how its first major brick-and-mortar concept has evolved

Amazon unveiled its latest brick and mortar bookstore on Thursday, its 10th opening in less than two years, and it… Read More

Geographic analysis: Amazon and Whole Foods footprints in U.S. are remarkably similar

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market, the largest acquisition in the Seattle company’s history, will give the e-commerce… Read More

Amazon continues physical retail push with new bookstore in Washington D.C., its 13th nationwide

Amazon continues to expand its physical retail footprint, with The Washington Post reporting on a new bookstore in Washington D.C. that is… Read More

Filings reveal big new Apple Store at prime Seattle retail site, on Microsoft’s doorstep

There is a huge construction pit in the middle of the upscale University Village mall in Seattle, and no one… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s new startup mixes smart home tech with modular construction to make housing more affordable

Aaron Holm was an important player in Amazon’s physical retail push. As a product manager, he worked on the company’s… Read More

Amazon to open 10th brick-and-mortar bookstore, second in Seattle region, later this year

Amazon is opening another brick-and-mortar bookstore in 2017 — its 10th such retail location — in downtown Bellevue, Wash. Building… Read More

Amazon taking its bricks and mortar to the Bay Area with another bookstore location

Amazon has picked the next location for another of its brick-and-mortar bookstores. Amazon Books is coming to Walnut Creek, Calif., according to… Read More

Podcast

Interview: Book industry insider analyzes Amazon’s move into physical bookstores

Jenn Risko has a unique perspective on Amazon’s move into physical bookstores, as the co-founder and publisher of the Shelf Awareness book industry… Read More

Former indie bookseller gives Amazon’s bookstore a ‘2.5 star’ review, calling it ‘aggressively inoffensive’

A former indie bookseller took a trip through Amazon’s new bookstore, which opened yesterday in Seattle’s University Village with long… Read More

Amazon’s first bookstore opens in Seattle with a long line out the door

A line started forming about 30 minutes before Amazon opened the doors to its first-ever brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle’s University Village… Read More

Independent booksellers sound off on Amazon’s new bookstore in Seattle

The irony of Amazon.com opening a new brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle is not lost on some longtime industry watchers who’ve… Read More

Inside Amazon’s first bookstore: How the online giant is combining digital with physical retail

It’s a little perplexing to see Amazon.com open a physical bookstore. After all, the tech giant launched 20 years ago as an… Read More

It’s official: Amazon is opening its first-ever bookstore in Seattle

[Follow up: Inside Amazon’s first bookstore: How the online giant is combining digital with physical retail] Internet giant Amazon.com, which got… Read More