Amazon said this week that it was closing almost all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations within days as it narrows its focus on food delivery and its grocery chain, Whole Foods Market. Some of the shuttered stores will be converted into Whole Foods locations, the Seattle company said in a blog post.
The announcement arrived shortly before Amazon said Wednesday that it was cutting about 16,000 corporate jobs, its second round of mass layoffs in three months.
Late last year, CEO Andy Jassy said job cuts weren’t driven by company finances or AI, but by changes in Amazon's priorities, including the types of businesses it pursues.
“While we’ve seen encouraging signals in our Amazon-branded physical grocery stores, we haven’t yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion,” the company said Tuesday about closing Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations.
The last day of operation for Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores is Sunday, with the exception of its California locations, which will remain open longer to comply with state requirements, Amazon said.
Full story Amazon to close most Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores in days
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