All of Amazon's bookstores and over 30 stores carrying all-purpose goods will be closing.
The Time Warner Center has an Amazon store.
Betsy Harden, an Amazon spokeswoman, told the New York Times that the retail giant plans to focus more on grocery stores, apparel stores and Amazon Go, a chain of stores allowing customers to purchase goods without using a checkout counter.
The change won't affect the company's 38 Amazon Fresh grocery stores or the 500 Whole Foods Market locations.
In the year after it opened its first Amazon Go store, the company reported that brick-and-mortar locations brought in about $17.2 billion, but by the year 2021, it had diminished to $17.1 billion.
Amazon hopes to open its first Amazon Style store in California later this year, where customers will be able to have clothes delivered directly to their fitting rooms using an app.
Harden told the New York Times that Amazon will help employees find new jobs.
Nine of the Amazon Pop Up mall kiosks are still open in seven states and the District of Columbia, despite the company closing them.
Amazon began in 1994 as an online bookstore but has since diversified into selling everything from pharmaceuticals to cloud storage to car parts, reaching a value of $1.55 trillion. The online giant has struggled to break into in-person shopping with locations depending on digital in-store advertising to turn a profit. The Wall Street Journal reported in August that Amazon was planning to open department stores similar to smaller versions of Bloomingdale's or Nordstrom. Harden said the company still holds a long-term commitment to physical retail despite the closing of Amazon's bookstores and 4-star stores.
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