Amazon wants Walmart’s shoppers… and it’s willing to build a small city to get them.
The company has plans to roll out a sprawling new brick-and-mortar experiment aimed squarely at Walmart’s long-standing dominance in physical retail. The new 229,000-square-foot facility, proposed for the Chicago suburbs, marks Amazon’s latest attempt to build a grand-scale physical presence.
According to GeekWire, experts call the initiative a clear sign of “Walmart jealousy,” as the company plans to leverage its digital tools, such as in-store app ordering, to disrupt its biggest rival…