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Amazon has announced plans to close its Amazon Fresh (57 stores) and Amazon Go (15 stores) grocery chains in the US, with some conversions to Whole Foods Market stores. Discover the strategic shift at Amazon and its impact on the grocery retail landscape.

Read this report to discover answers to these and other questions:

• What led Amazon to close its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores?
• What is Amazon’s grocery market share?
• Why is Whole Foods Market positioned as Amazon’s future bet in grocery retail?
• What is the potential impact of these closures on Amazon’s long-term market position?
• How do Amazon’s physical store closures affect its broader grocery strategy?

Companies mentioned in this report include: Amazon, Whole Foods Market, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Costco.

Data in this report include: Store traffic trends; US grocery market share estimates; Store distribution by state.

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• US Grocery Retailing—Market Forecast and Competitive Landscape: Nontraditional Grocers To Gain Share Amid Weak Volume Demand and Tariff Pressures
• Access the Coresight Research Amazon Databank, for a range of proprietary data on Amazon, with a focus on its US retail operations.
• Visit the Coresight Research Food, Grocery and CPG Retail Hub to explore sector data, reports and company profiles.