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Amazon’s Move Into the Malls

December 16, 2020

With the ongoing retail apocalypse, we all knew this day was coming and it has happened much earlier than expected due to the pandemic. As more retail chains file for bankruptcy and close more stores amidst the ongoing pandemic, Amazon is looking for opportunities among the ruins.

Amazon recently announced that it is in talks with mall operators such as Simon Property Group to convert the vacant store space left by the closure of big department stores into warehouses and fulfillment centers. Many of these stores are over 100,000 square feet in area, and while they may be able to accommodate the full-size warehouses and fulfillment centers that Amazon generally operates, they may be ideal for smaller versions of these.

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