Amazon plans to open new brick-and-mortar retail stores, CEO Jeff Bezos said this week, though he did not say where or when they will open. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Bezos made the comments at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, where he also outlined broad plans to expand the Amazon Prime service to include more benefits for subscribers.
Amazon has so far opened one brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle, and has begun construction on its second, located in San Diego. "We’re definitely going to open additional stores, how many we don’t know yet," Bezos said Tuesday. "In these early days it’s all about learning, rather than trying to earn a lot of revenue.