They will never stop trying because it's not in their DNA to do so

Posted by Sounder on January 28, 2026, 10:22:11, in reply to "Hey sounder! Looks like they're not ready to give uo on brick and mortar"

and they have a willingness to lose money until they get something to work. Previous Message https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/business/amazon-to-open-its-largest-ever-retail-store-with-massive-big-box-location-planned-in-chicago-suburbs/ Previous Message I'm not surprised as the one by me had quite a limited selection with shelves often 50% bare. Pricing was great but only if they have what you want. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-closing-fresh-grocery-convenience-150437789.html

Amazon Brick and Mortar: All of the guilt of shopping at Amazon, none of the convenience.*

Posted by KingTalkyTiki on January 28, 2026, 10:19:46, in reply to "Hey sounder! Looks like they're not ready to give uo on brick and mortar"

Previous Message https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/business/amazon-to-open-its-largest-ever-retail-store-with-massive-big-box-location-planned-in-chicago-suburbs/ Previous Message I'm not surprised as the one by me had quite a limited selection with shelves often 50% bare. Pricing was great but only if they have what you want. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-closing-fresh-grocery-convenience-150437789.html "You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

Most days print sports is not even a separate section

Posted by Potomac on January 28, 2026, 10:00:58, in reply to "In other Bezos news, it looks like the Washington Post is circling the drain"

flushing pretty much all the sports and foreign coverage*

Posted by assassin on January 27, 2026, 12:08:17, in reply to "In other Bezos news, it looks like the Washington Post is circling the drain"

Previous Message https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/01/26/report-washington-post-may-cut-sports-section-amid-massive-layoffs/ The Washington Post’s sports department “could be shuttered entirely” with “massive layoffs coming” to the newspaper, according to Dylan Byers of PUCK. The “expectation is that *hundreds* will be affected” by the potential layoffs (X, 1/24). SEMAFOR’s Max Tani reported that some Post editors have “quietly been suggesting to staff across various verticals, including sports, that it may not be a bad idea to begin looking for other jobs.” Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

The return section at Whole Foods is pretty crazy*

Posted by Sounder on January 27, 2026, 11:59:59, in reply to "only time I've gone to one of their stores is to return something"

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They don't understand brick and mortar

Posted by Sounder on January 27, 2026, 11:55:49, in reply to "Yep. I greatly enjoyed their checkout gimmick but it just wasn't a good store*"

and they especially don't understand groceries. Their visual merchandising is terrible, and the locations were just so sterile. Previous Message Previous Message I'm not surprised as the one by me had quite a limited selection with shelves often 50% bare. Pricing was great but only if they have what you want. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-closing-fresh-grocery-convenience-150437789.html