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Seattle — Amazon is announcing plans to close its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh brick-and-mortar stores. A total of 57 Amazon Fresh and 15 Amazon Go stores will shut down in February, according to several media sources.
Amazon first launched the cashier-less Amazon Go stores in 2018 and expanded in 2020 with the first Amazon Fresh grocery stores. According to the company, Amazon will instead focus on an effort to prioritize expansion for Whole Foods Market, which it acquired in 2017. Amazon is expected to open more than 100 new Whole Foods Market locations in the coming years, along with the expansion of Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, a smaller store format with a selection of convenience-oriented items.