Amazon on Wednesday unveiled plans to open more bookstores and
“4-star” shops selling only the best-rated products — while closing its smaller “pop-up” kiosks in the US.
According to CNBC, the 87 pop-up stores in the US will close next month. Launched in 2014, the stands — located in shopping centers or in other stores, such as Amazon-owned Whole Foods — offered the company’s services and electronics. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the firm, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, plans to open a supermarket chain separate from Whole Foods — with the first expected in Los Angeles at the end of this year.
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