Amazon Go and Fresh stores are closing
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The company announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it is shutting down both its grocery and automated grab-and-go convenience stores, Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go, marking the end of yet another failed experiment to crack brick-and-mortar retail.
Amazon's top grocery executive Jason Buechel told staff that the company needs to make more "deliberate choices" to win over customers.
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