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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Are they lacking places that show and sell Kindles?
Certainly in the UK there is no lack of places to find one.
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Kindle is far from the only thing Amazon sells that would benefit from a big chain of small, highly-accessible storefronts. (Over 7000 stores, averaging 2500 sq ft)
The idea behind this proposal is that Amazon could host their delivery lockers, showroom select items, and provide a physical site to order and receive merchanise for same day pickup. Sort of a modern incarnation of the old BEST PRODUCTS catallog showroom stores.
I could see it work, but I suspect Bezos is looking at the back end for same-day deliveries first. Which makes a UPS or FedEX play more logical.