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Amazon Test Drives Its New Chicago Bookstore
- Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, March 21, 2017 8 AM
Amazon launched its online bookstore nearly 22 years ago. Today, it will open the doors of a brick-and-mortar store in Chicago, giving customers a chance to test the e-commerce giant's take on offline shopping. It's just one 6,000-square-foot neighborhood bookstore. But it's also one of Amazon's first experiments with live customer service and cash registers.
