Amazon Plans Chicago Big-Box Store
- Amazon reportedly plans to open a big-box store comparable to a Walmart or Target location in a Chicago suburb.
- Teh 229,000-square-foot facility would sell groceries, general merchandise and prepared foods, Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan.
- Amazon is seeking approval for the project and could begin construction later this year, according to the report.
Amazon reportedly plans to open a big-box store comparable to a Walmart or Target location in a Chicago suburb.
Teh 229,000-square-foot facility would sell groceries, general merchandise and prepared foods, Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan. 9).
Amazon is seeking approval for the project and could begin construction later this year, according to the report.
“We regularly test new experiences designed to make customers’ lives better and easier every day,including physical stores,” an amazon spokesperson said in the report. “The site in question is our planned location for a new concept that we think customers will be excited about.”
Amazon also reportedly aims to make inroads with the wearable “ambient AI” device it added when it acquired artificial intelligence hardware startup Bee in September.
The company aims to make the device more proactive by performing tasks like drafting emails and creating meeting invites.