Amazon’s chief executive Jeff Bezos has confirmed that the online retailer plans to build more real-world book stores.<\/p>\n
It opened its first bricks and mortar store in Seattle in 2015, with a second to follow this summer in San Diego.<\/p>\n
Speaking at its annual shareholders meeting, Mr Bezos also promised new services for Amazon Prime members.<\/p>\n
He said he wanted Amazon users to feel “irresponsible” for not signing up to the membership service.<\/p>\n
Mr Bezos gave no details about the new services, although it has been rumoured that Amazon plans to launch its own-label food and home products.<\/p>\n
Currently users who belong to Amazon Prime, which has an annual fee of \u00a380 ($99), can get unlimited next-day delivery at no extra cost as well as access to a video and music streaming service and e-reader Kindle’s lending library.<\/p>\n
“Our goal with Amazon Prime… is to make sure that if you are not a Prime member, you are being irresponsible,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We’re definitely going to open additional stores, but how many we don’t know yet,” he added. “In these early days it’s all about learning, rather than trying to earn a lot of revenue.”<\/p>\n
As Amazon mulls expansion into the real world, struggling clothing retailer Gap has said that it would consider allowing its clothes to be sold on Amazon.<\/p>\n
“To not be considering Amazon and other would be – in my view – delusional,” said chief executive Art Peck at the company’s annual investor meeting in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
According to a Morgan Stanley report, Amazon is the second-largest clothes retailer in the US, with only supermarket giant Walmart ahead of it.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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