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Amazon store visits

Our store visit reports feature floor plans, store photos and full commentary written by our team of international retail experts. Dozens of reports are made every year of stores that feature new concepts in food and grocery retail.

Videos

Store of the month September 2020: Amazon Fresh, USA
17/09/2020
See inside our pick for September’s store of the month, Amazon’s first Amazon Fresh grocery store. We look at how Amazon is creating a seamless, convenient shopping experience.
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Inside Amazon Go Grocery, Seattle
05/03/2020
We visited Amazon’s new format, Amazon Go Grocery, to see how the retailer is deploying its just walk-out technology within a larger footprint.
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Presentations

How Whole Foods Market is bringing back retail theatre
03/11/2022
We step inside one of the retailer's new store developments to see how it's using store design to create a bold new look.
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Flexing the Amazon Go format
08/09/2022
Discover how Amazon has adapted its core urban convenience format for a suburban location.
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Eight must-see stores in London
24/05/2022
Discover London’s latest and greatest stores for inspiration on experiential retailing and cashierless shopping. From Aldi and Amazon to examples beyond grocery, this report also includes key stores to see in the capital for the UK’s leading grocers.
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Amazon brings ‘Just Walk Out’ to Whole Foods Market
01/03/2022
Following plans announced by Amazon last year to launch its ‘Just Walk Out’ technology in two Whole Foods Market stores, the first has opened in Washington, D.C.
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Amazon’s first 4-star store in the UK
08/10/2021
Amazon has opened its first non-food store in the UK, under the Amazon 4-star banner, in the Bluewater shopping centre.
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Inside Amazon Fresh, Chalk Farm, UK
29/06/2021
Amazon Fresh UK offers a ‘Just Walk Out’ easy-to-shop format with an impressive range of products catering to a range of key convenience missions. In this report we take a deep dive into the products on offer in the Chalk Farm store and review the shopping experience.
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Inside Amazon Fresh, Ealing, UK
09/03/2021
See inside Amazon's first convenience store offering its Just Walk Out Technology, used in its Go format, outside of the US. Key features include an easy shopping experience, the retailer's new private label range, by Amazon, and a focus on convenience missions.
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Amazon Fresh, Los Angeles, USA
16/11/2020
Amazon has recently launched an innovative physical food retail concept. We look at some of the unique elements of this format including the Amazon Dash Cart and the integration of Alexa, its voice-based assistant.
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Amazon Go Grocery, Seattle, USA
03/03/2020
We visited Amazon's largest and most remarkable store to date featuring its just walk-out technology to see how it continues to push the boundaries of innovation in food retailing.
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Retail execution at Whole Foods Market, Davie, USA
30/01/2020
With a more challenging outlook for specialist natural and organic retailers in the US, Whole Foods Market continues to raise the bar on store design and emphasising its points of difference. We visited its store in Davie, Florida to see how the format continues to evolve.
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