Amazon has been reevaluating its brick-and-mortar presence as it looks to cut costs.
Amazon is closing eight Go convenience stores in Seattle, New York City and San Francisco.
The company had previously announced it would shutter some Go stores and Fresh supermarkets as it reevaluates its brick-and-mortar strategy and aims to cut costs.After more than a year in beta, Amazon opened their cashier-less grocery store to the publicplans to close eight of its Go convenience stores, the company said Friday, a decision that coincides with a pullback in its physical footprint and a broader effort to cut costs.
The company will shut two Go stores in New York City, two locations in Seattle, and four stores in San Francisco. The stores will close on April 1, and Amazon said it will work to help affected employees secure other roles at the company. "Like any physical retailer, we periodically assess our portfolio of stores and make optimization decisions along the way," Amazon spokesperson Jessica Martin said in a statement. "In this case, we've decided to close a small number of Amazon Go stores in Seattle, New York City, and San Francisco. We remain committed to the Amazon Go format, operate more than 20 Amazon Go stores across the U.S.
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