Michael SearlesAmazon is looking to open dozens of supermarkets across America as it tries to expand its food business. The online retailer is also exploring the option of buying regional chains that have at least 12 stores as it bids to strength its new supermarket brand, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read more: New York leaders beg Amazon to reconsider second HQAmazon is in talks to open stores in shopping centres across the US in cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, the WSJ report said. It already owns the upscale Whole Foods chain, having bought it for $13.7bn (£10.4bn) in 2017. It claimed that Walmart will respond with pickup services at more than 3,000 stores by the start of next year, while offering deliveries from a further 800 by the end of 2019.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 02, 2019 11:48 UTC