As a substitute, Amazon mentioned it is making plans to “focal point extra” on different bodily retail efforts, together with its devoted retail outlets for groceries, Amazon Contemporary and Entire Meals, in addition to its not too long ago introduced attire store, Amazon Taste. It is going to additionally proceed to concentrate on Amazon Move, its cashierless grocery shop thought.
“We stay dedicated to construction nice, long-term bodily retail stories and applied sciences, and we are operating carefully with our affected workers to lend a hand them to find new roles inside Amazon,” Betsy Harden, a spokesperson for the corporate, mentioned in a remark.
Amazon mentioned closure dates for the impacted retail outlets will range via location. Shoppers will probably be made acutely aware of the ones dates via in-store indicators.
