Amazon Opens First Physical Store in NYC

Amazon’s first New York City bookstore, Amazon Books, opened Thursday morning, marking Amazon’s highest-profile move into bricks-and-mortar retail to date. With over 3,000 titles on sale, the Columbus Circle store is one of two stores planned for the Big Apple, and six that are already open around the U.S. By displaying ratings and reviews, the store leverages Amazon’s 20 years of book-selling data, in many ways mimicking the experience of Amazon.com.