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Amazon to Open Store in New York City in Latest Brick-and-Mortar Push

The store will sell products ranging from card games to skillets that are highly rated on its website.

Amazon fulfilment centre | Source: Shutterstock

Reuters

26 September 2018

NEW YORK CITY, United States — Amazon said on Wednesday it is opening a store in New York City that will sell products ranging from card games to skillets that are highly rated on its website, in the company's latest push into brick-and-mortar retail.

The shop, known as Amazon 4-Star, marks a new store format for the world's largest online retailer, which owns grocery chain Whole Foods Market and has rolled out bookstores and several grocery convenience stores across the United States.

A company spokesman declined to comment on whether Amazon will open other 4-Star shops in addition to the first location in Manhattan, which opens on Thursday.

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