Amazon launching physical bookstores in Chicago, San Diego, Portland, report says

Amazon's quiet march toward direct competition with brick and mortar bookstores will expand with the launch of an additional store in one of the biggest cities in the U.S. 

The move follows what some had seen as an experiment in the launch in 2015 of a physical bookstore in Amazon's headquarter city of Seattle.

According to a report in the Financial Times on Friday, the online bookseller has confirmed plans to launch a physical bookstore in Chicago. That store joins previously mentioned locations in San Diego and Portland, Oregon.   Read more...