Amazon to open 100s of physical bookstores: DJ

By | February 3, 2016

Amazon is planning to open hundreds of physical bookstores, according to a large mall CEO who spoke to Dow Jones.

Source: www.cnbc.com

Amazon is gearing up to expand the brick-and-mortar bookstore concept it launched in Seattle last year to as many as 400 locations, General Growth Properties CEO Sandeep Mathrani said Tuesday. Rivals Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million operate 640 and 255 stores, respectively. Amazon’s Seattle store sells Amazon’s Kindle and Fire devices, as well as about 5,000 print titles. CNBC(2/2), The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) 

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Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk