Amazon is shutting down all 72 of its Amazon-branded grocery stores, including Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go. According to the company, it will convert some of those locations into Whole Foods Market-branded stores. “While we’ve seen encouraging signals ...

Amazon is shutting down all 72 of its Amazon-branded grocery stores, including Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go. According to the company, it will convert some of those locations into Whole Foods Market-branded stores.

Amazon announced it is closing its Amazon Fresh and Amazon To go stores and will focus on expanding Whole Foods Markets

Amazon.com Inc. is shuttering its Amazon-branded grocery stores and automated grab-and-go markets, eliminating two centerpieces of its push into physical retail.

Amazon.com Inc. is shuttering its Amazon-branded grocery stores and automated grab-and-go markets, eliminating two centerpieces of its push into physical retail.

Amazon Go, equipped with the cashierless Just Walk Out system, was heralded as a marvel when the first location opened to the public at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters building in 2018. Efforts to deploy the expensive array of ceiling-mounted cameras and sophisticated software to full-sized Fresh and Whole Foods stores were a bust.

The e-commerce giant wants to take on giant brick and mortar rivals with a 229,000-square-foot location south of Chicago, but its strategy will also hurt local retailers.