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Amazon shutters all of its physical Go and Fresh stores
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TL;DR
- Amazon is closing most physical Amazon Go and Fresh stores.
- These closures are part of a strategy to expand Whole Foods Market.
- Amazon plans to open over 100 new Whole Foods Market stores and five more Daily Shop locations.
- Amazon Fresh online ordering will continue, but physical stores will close.
- The company will invest in expanding its same-day grocery delivery options.
- Amazon Grocery, a new private brand, offers over 1,000 items and will expand in 2026.
- Amazon continues to test new physical store concepts.
- A large Amazon supercenter proposal was approved in Orland Park, Illinois.