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Amazon targets airport retailing for expanded Amazon Go operations

Geoff Riley

11th December 2018

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Contestable markets and mobile payment technology are in action here! Amazon is looking to expand their "bricks and mortar footprint" with a move into airport retail seemingly on the cards. But there are some barriers to entry to overcome first.

Amazon is scouting U.S. airports, looking to expand its checkout-free shopping https://t.co/7GfiW9Zs4h via @ReutersTV $AMZN pic.twitter.com/rJ43WzWxCC
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 10, 2018

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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