{"id":10329,"date":"2017-09-25T15:01:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=10329"},"modified":"2017-09-25T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:01:26","slug":"friends-of-amazon-c-stores-and-supermarkets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2017\/09\/friends-of-amazon-c-stores-and-supermarkets\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Amazon: C-Stores and Supermarkets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The supermarket industry (and plenty of other retailers) lost its collective mind for a minute or two when news broke that Amazon <\/strong>had acquired Whole Foods <\/strong>this summer. Predating that deal, though, were a number of others between Amazon and grocery and convenience store chains that received a lot less attention. These partnerships involve the placement of Amazon Lockers within partner stores; partnerships that will perhaps be reexamined in the months to come, particularly by the grocery contingent.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazon Lockers,\u201d as described by the company, \u201care secure, self-service kiosks where customers can pick up Amazon.com packages at a time and place that is convenient for them.\u201d
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\nRecent Chain Store Guide market research<\/a><\/strong> determined that of the more than 2,000 Amazon Lockers in the United States, 80% have been placed within C-stores and supermarkets. C-stores alone account for more than 50% of all locker placements, and on the surface, such relationship appears to be a win-win for all parties. Amazon is able to provide its customers with easy access to their orders, and a retail segment that relies on impulse purchases draws that much more foot traffic. As long as Amazon fees and incremental sales make up for shelf space lost to the lockers, the deal makes sense for the C-store operator. And until Amazon figures out a way to instantly deliver tall boys, Slurpees and gasoline, the C-store has little to fear from direct competition.\u00a0 In fact, 7-Eleven <\/strong>is Amazon\u2019s largest program partner across all industries, as its stores house nearly one-third of Amazon Lockers.<\/p>\n

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