Amazon to open physical book store

[The Big Peat]

Not sure if this has been covered yet - doesn't appear to be but could be wrong - or if this is the right place - it does sorta concern the industry though - but I thought this of relevance:

"Amazon.com has agreed to open a brick-and-mortar bookstore in Washington, part of a nationwide push into physical retailing by America’s largest e-commerce site."

 

[Brian G Turner]

I think this is possibly their third one??

We gave some coverage to their first one in San Diego here: Hugh Howey wants Amazon bookstores

 

[Cli-Fi]

I think this is possibly their third one??

We gave some coverage to their first one in San Diego here: Hugh Howey wants Amazon bookstores

They hired people from Barnes & Nobel. My cousin's old manager now works there.

 

[Vertigo]

From a futuristic perspective I think their Amazon Go stores are actually more interesting: Amazon will open a physical grocery store — and it won’t require going through checkout

I know we've had stores here for a while now where you self scan as you go around but this Amazon approach is rather more 'seamless' and, I think, quite an interesting approach.

Bear in mind that I hate to give Amazon credit for doing anything right....

 

[Ursa major]

When Amazon starts using drones to deliver food (particularly sardines), will those drones be followed by seagulls?

 

[Amelia Faulkner]

Shadowrun here we come! Amazon is already worth more than several countries' GDP...

 

[Cli-Fi]

When Amazon starts using drones to deliver food (particularly sardines), will those drones be followed by seagulls?

As I buy my most of my food fresh, (meat, veggies, fruit diet here) I can't imagine getting any food delivered by drone. Maybe my Honey Nut Cheerios

 

[The Big Peat]

I think this is possibly their third one??

We gave some coverage to their first one in San Diego here: Hugh Howey wants Amazon bookstores

Ah! Thank you.

I think they have six planned; the problem is I got that figure from today's news at work and couldn't find a story corresponding to it online, so I went with the most recent one I saw. I figured posting an entire article with no attribution might be slightly dodgy on copyright grounds

 

[Dan Jones]

When Amazon starts using drones to deliver food (particularly sardines), will those drones be followed by seagulls?

Bear, I had no idea you were French!

 

[Ursa major]

May we...


...with your permission, go back to assuming that I am not French.

 

[Alexa]

Amazon may have some flaws, but they have some advantages, too. I love when I swich only the country on line and buy all I want wherever is available. I'll be interested to have a physical bookstore in Montreal.


Nah, Ursa is not French.

 

[Lucien21]

Was that a Man U joke. Eric Cantona had a rant about seagulls.

 

[Martin Gill]

Amazon Go wasn't working properly last time I checked a few weeks ago. It breaks down when there's more than 20 people in the store. But that's literally just a tech scaling problem. You can guarantee they'll crack that. What's interesting, and so disruptive to trad retailers, is that Amazon take a very long term view on things. Most retailers are soooo short sighted in terms of annual or quarterly growth. Amazon plays a 10 year game and is much more prepared to invest in thing that may not work. And its good at learning institutionally. So even if Go or the bookstores don't work out, they'll take the lessons and re-apply them down the line into something that does.