Dive Transient:
- Amazon confirmed the opening of eight new Amazon Recent shops on each the East and West coasts over the previous a number of weeks.
- The corporate signed a number of of those areas’ leases years prior however is simply now using the areas, based on native information studies in regards to the areas.
- Amazon will proceed to selectively open Amazon Recent shops “as we see outcomes we like,” firm spokesperson Griffin Buch mentioned in an emailed assertion.
Dive Perception:
After surpassing the 50-store mark in September, Amazon Recent’s footprint now consists of 60 shops after the corporate lately opened three in California, two in New York and one every in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the corporate confirmed.
Amazon Recent’s enlargement continues
The eight newly opened storefronts convey the chain’s retailer rely to 60.
The areas vary from 31,000 to 59,000 sq. ft. Buch famous that Amazon is “inspired by early indicators” coming from shops that comply with the refreshed design it debuted in Chicago and Southern California late final 12 months.
Amazon Recent paused retailer enlargement early final 12 months and has lately resumed openings. The newly opened New York areas, one in Plainview and the opposite in East Setauket, had been every initially leased about two years in the past, native information outlet Lengthy Island Enterprise Information reported in early October.
A Philadelphia-based information outlet reported that Amazon signed the lease for the Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, retailer — which opened every week in the past — in 2020 however delayed the opening as a result of banner’s pause.
Numerous these shops additionally mark Amazon Recent’s debut in new markets, based on native information studies. The East Setauket location is the grocery store’s debut in Lengthy Island’s Suffolk County and the Willow Grove location is the primary Amazon Recent in Montgomery County. The Twin Peaks Plaza purchasing middle retailer is the primary Amazon Recent location in California’s San Diego County.
Amazon lately added a Tennessee distribution middle to its record of Amazon Recent areas on its web site. Whereas Amazon didn’t verify when this success middle opened, the corporate mentioned the placement at 410 Harding Industrial Drive in Nashville helps grocery supply and pickup and in addition has a devoted retail area the place prospects can store a restricted assortment of grocery and family merchandise in individual.
Whereas native Virginia information outlet Annadale In the present day reported an Amazon Recent would open at Bailey’s Crossroads purchasing middle by the top of this 12 months, Amazon didn’t verify this or share further particulars in regards to the location.
Amazon declined to share any retailer development targets for the enlargement of Amazon Recent however famous it will proceed to check areas in numerous markets and base its subsequent steps on buyer response.
Catherine Douglas Moran contributed reporting.
