Amazon: More Campus Pick-Up Points; Seattle Store Update

Amazon plans to open Campus Pick-up Points, which are physical locations on or near college campuses, for the University of California at Berkeley and at Santa Barbara, as well as the University of Cincinnati, WallStreet Scope reported. The online retailer currently has CPPs at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Purdue University.    

A building permit for a 2,363-square-foot space at 241 Calhoun St. in Cincinnati that is being renovated has been filed by Amazon, the Business Courier reported, adding that the permits with the city list "Amazon Pickup Store" as the tenant. The online retailer's jobs site includes open positions for the CPP.

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In an update on our lead story yesterday about Amazon opening a bookstore in Seattle's University Village, GeekWire did a little snooping at the building, where they "caught a glimpse" of activity behind windows almost entirely covered with construction paper: "There were employees inside carrying books and other boxes around. One man was holding a smaller white box, which looked to be some sort of electronic device like a tablet or e-reader. Numerous bookshelves were already installed in the space, and we noticed two books: The Best Things to Do in Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas and Day Hiking: Olympic Peninsula, both of which are available on Amazon.com, although that's not a surprise."

One construction worker said, "They won't tell me what it is even though I'm working on the building." Another had "heard through the grapevine" that it would be an Amazon store, but didn't have first-hand knowledge, Geekwire noted.

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