Report: Amazon Will Open A Real-Life Store In Manhattan Image courtesy of Amazon's new neighbor. (Joel Zimmer)
How big will it be? What can you buy there? If you place an order from your smartphone while standing inside the store, how long would it take to get in-store pickup? We don’t know these details yet. What we do know is what mysterious “people familiar with the plans” have told the Wall Street Journal that the retail location will have limited inventory to fill same-day delivery requests in New York, and customers could also pick up their orders. They can also return unwanted items.
It sounds like there won’t be much in terms of retail displays, but the store would be about selling the Amazon brand, not necessarily the mind-boggling array of products available from the site. We think. Of course, the Amazon brand of the future is about selling Kindle tablets, which will be available for customers to play with.
Amazon to Open First Brick-and-Mortar Site [Wall Street Journal]
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