Seattle’s University Village shopping center is turning into an auto row of sorts for electric vehicle makers. Rivian, the maker of electric trucks, SUVs and delivery vans for Amazon, is… Read More
How’s this for an epilogue? Barnes & Noble, the chain bookseller that struggled for years to compete against Amazon and other online retailers, is actually growing its physical stores footprint.… Read More
Reacting to a plot twist that many did not see coming, book lovers, sellers and Amazon watchers were caught off guard Wednesday by the news that the company is abandoning… Read More
If you follow Amazon, you know the company operates not just with a customer focus, but with a customer obsession. Indeed, customer obsession is the first of Amazon’s 14 leadership… Read More
Amazon’s brick-and-mortar portfolio is about to get even bigger. The tech giant said Thursday it will open an Amazon Books location in Nashville and an Amazon 4-star store in Boston.… Read More
Sometimes the smallest changes can say a lot. In just the last three years, Amazon has become a force in physical retail, evolving beyond its e-commerce roots. And a subtle… Read More
If you bought an Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, or Echo as a gift — or received one — you’re not alone. Amazon says those… Read More
Amazon Books was the tech giant’s first take on brick-and-mortar retail, starting in Seattle in 2015 and setting off a new era for a company that made its name as… Read More
Amazon unveiled its latest brick and mortar bookstore on Thursday, its 10th opening in less than two years, and it has learned a couple lessons along the way. GeekWire got… Read More
Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market, the largest acquisition in the Seattle company’s history, will give the e-commerce giant a much bigger presence in physical retail, including nearly… Read More
Amazon continues to expand its physical retail footprint, with The Washington Post reporting on a new bookstore in Washington D.C. that is yet to open. The store, which would be on the… Read More
There is a huge construction pit in the middle of the upscale University Village mall in Seattle, and no one seems exactly sure what’s happening there. So we did some… Read More
Aaron Holm was an important player in Amazon’s physical retail push. As a product manager, he worked on the company’s bookstores, of which there are now 10 planned or built,… Read More
Amazon is opening another brick-and-mortar bookstore in 2017 — its 10th such retail location — in downtown Bellevue, Wash. Building permits, first uncovered by Recode, give the address as 104… Read More
Amazon has picked the next location for another of its brick-and-mortar bookstores. Amazon Books is coming to Walnut Creek, Calif., according to a report in the East Bay Times, which says the… Read More
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 newsletters. The publication originally broke the news about Amazon’s first-ever… Read More
A former indie bookseller took a trip through Amazon’s new bookstore, which opened yesterday in Seattle’s University Village with long lines and a lot of media coverage. And his take? Meh. “The… Read More
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 shopping center on Tuesday. When we asked people what they were… Read More
The irony of Amazon.com opening a new brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle is not lost on some longtime industry watchers who’ve seen the impact of Amazon on the independent book-selling business over… Read More
It’s a little perplexing to see Amazon.com open a physical bookstore. After all, the tech giant launched 20 years ago as an innovative online bookseller, offering consumers an alternative to purchasing products from traditional brick-and-mortar… Read More
[Follow up: Inside Amazon’s first bookstore: How the online giant is combining digital with physical retail] Internet giant Amazon.com, which got its start selling books online, confirmed this afternoon that it… Read More