Headlines

Amazon Opens “Four Star” U.K. Store

This store will be the first of its kind outside the U.S. to offer highly rated Amazon goods

Published

3 years ago

October 6, 2021

VMSD Staff

An Amazon Four Star Store. Photography: JORDAN STEAD / Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. (Seattle) is opening its first non-food retail stores in the U.K., according to Yahoo Finance. This will be the first store of its kind outside the U.S. for the online behemoth, located at the Bluewater shopping center in Greenhithe, U.K. More than 2000 products that have received four-star ratings on Amazon’s website will be available for purchase in the store, as well as a technology section featuring Amazon’s own devices.

Products will be rotated often based on what’s selling well on the website. Amazon currently has 30 “four-star stores” in the U.S., its first one was opened in New York in 2018.

Customers are also able to pick-up online purchases from Amazon at the store, as well as make online returns.

Related Topics:Amazon Latest News Top U.K.u.k. retail

VMSD Staff

Drawing on more than 125 years of history serving the retail design market, VMSD magazine provides retail professionals with the most up-to-date, innovative retail design ideas and industry news through its industry-leading magazine, website, social media channels and bulletins.

click to Comment(Comment)

Up Next

Workers Strike at Kellogg’s Cereal Factories

Don't Miss

Future Retail, 7-Eleven Terminate Partnership

MasterClass: ‘Re-Sparkling’ Retail: Using Store Design to Build Trust, Faith and Brand Loyalty

HOW CAN WE EMPOWER and inspire senior leaders to see design as an investment for future retail growth? This session, led by retail design expert Ian Johnston from Quinine Design, explores how physical stores remain unmatched in the ability to build trust, faith, and loyalty with your customers, ultimately driving shareholder value.

Presented by:
Ian Johnston
Founder and Creative Director, Quinine Design