Can Amazon Really Do Department Stores Better?

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly looking to begin opening its planned string of department stores as early as next year, and those locations are promising to be as tech-heavy as you'd imagine a store operated by the online retail giant would be.

Yet just because the e-commerce leader is slapping its name on a bunch of brick-and-mortar sites doesn't mean they will be any more successful than legacy department stores are in the current sales environment. The retail sector, though much improved, is still ailing -- and Amazon hasn't shown itself to be particularly adept at operating physical stores.

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