Amazon Focuses on Bricks as Well as Clicks

This article appears in the May 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription.

Amazon Inc.s projected share of the total e-commerce market will top 50 percent this year for the first time, according to Feedvisor, but the worlds largest online retailer has a growing brick-and-mortar business, pointing to the importance for retailers to have both an online and physical presence. The Seattle-based company operates 652 physical locations and venues, according to TJI Research, and plans to open dozens of new grocery stores this year.