Amazon started buying up failed malls and turning them into warehouses and distribution centers long before the pandemic sent e-commerce purchasing sky-high.
Last summer, the mammoth online company began talking to Simon about installing mini-DCs inside some of its closed Sears and Penney’s stores. But, according to NBC News, Amazon has turned some 25 malls to fulfillment stations between 2016 and 2019.
In just the last four months, said the report, Amazon went on a shopping spree, getting approvals to install distribution centers at malls in Baton Rouge, Knoxville, Tenn., and Worcester, Mass.
Source: Chain Storeage
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