Jan 27 WSJ
Amazon is closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores in a shift to focus on its online same-day delivery service and new big-box retail stores.
The e-commerce giant said Tuesday that some of its shuttered Amazon-branded brick-and-mortar stores would be converted into Whole Foods Market locations.
Amazon said its branded stores failed to deliver the right economic model and distinctive customer experience necessary for large-scale expansion.
Amazon’s same-day delivery service for groceries is currently available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities and towns. The company said it plans to expand the service to more communities in 2026 but didn’t specify where.
Amazon said it planned to open over 100 new Whole Foods Market stores over the next few years.
(Amazon is closing its 57 Fresh and 15 Amazon Go physical stores, citing a failure to achieve a distinctive customer experience and scalable economic model)