Amazon Plans Massive Superstore Larger Than a Walmart Supercenter Near Chicago (cnbc.com)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/26/01/10/0652218/amazon-plans-massive-superstore-larger-than-a-walmart-supercenter-near-chicago
- Source link: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/amazon-plans-first-big-box-retail-store-in-chicago-suburb.html
> As part of the plans, Amazon has proposed building a one-story, 229,000-square-foot building [on a 35-acre lot] in Orland Park, Illinois, that would offer a range of products, such as groceries, household essentials and general merchandise, [2]the city said on Saturday . By comparison, Walmart's U.S. Supercenters typically average 179,000 square feet... The Orland Park Plan Commission approved Amazon's proposal on Tuesday, and it will now proceed to a vote from the full village board. That meeting is scheduled for January 19.
In a statement cited by CNBC, an Amazon spokesperson called it "a new concept that we think customers will be excited about."
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/amazon-plans-first-big-box-retail-store-in-chicago-suburb.html
[2] https://www.orlandpark.org/Home/Components/News/News/732/15
In related news ... (Score:2)
Building on the brand of their brick-and-mortar store, Whole Foods, Amazon will name this superstore, "Whole Rainforest."
Amazon will learn about shrinkage soon. (Score:1)
The stealing which happens in regular stores is unimaginable. Have you visited a Walmart recently? Everything is under lock and key. The technical term for losing merchandise by stealing is called shrinkage - all retail is now experiencing phenomenal amount of shrinkage - that tells you about the quality of life of an American these days - I see this all the time in the Walgreens I work - it is unimaginable. They might even shut down the store soon I think. This was definitely not the case a decade ago.
Re: Amazon will learn about shrinkage soon. (Score:2)
I am sure they know about it already.
Half of shrinkage comes from employee theft. For Wal-Mart, it's a cost they accept for paying their employees shit wages. I'm sure they have done the math on this.
What a revolutionary concept (Score:2)
A superstore, in a suburban area, close to a major city center, that sells all sorts of consumer goods.
I just rolled my eyes so hard that I convulsed a bit.
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> A superstore, in a suburban area, close to a major city center, that sells all sorts of consumer goods.
> I just rolled my eyes so hard that I convulsed a bit.
Imagine a *bunch* of stores instead of just one, all connected by a hallway or something.
They could call it an "All" or "Hall" - IDK, the name can get worked out later... :-)
(I'm guessing that's where you were going, but I couldn't resist pursuing the irony.)
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> Imagine a *bunch* of stores instead of just one, all connected by a hallway or something.
Yes, that exists in the city of Chicago. It is called The Pedway. Like New York City's subway but for walking in. Albeit it is lots of paths connected together.
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>> Imagine a *bunch* of stores instead of just one, all connected by a hallway or something.
> Yes, that exists in the city of Chicago. It is called The Pedway. Like New York City's subway but for walking in. Albeit it is lots of paths connected together.
Didn't know that, thanks! Of course, I was thinking "Mall" which are literally all over the place - and reportedly dying out - so something similar seems unnecessary.
You mixed up the Idiocracy reference (Score:1)
The city was a Costco
Statistics... (Score:2)
> Walmart's U.S. Supercenters typically average 179,000 square feet
Is that 'typical average' a mean, median, or mode?
Combine with Distribution Warehouse (Score:2)
I think it would be interesting to try a physical store combined with a distribution warehouse. The store would have terminals (or you could use your app) where you could look up any item and see where it is. If it's not on a shelf, but in the attached distribution warehouse, you could order it and it would show up in 15 minutes (without extra packaging).
I'm imagining a tunnel between buildings with a long conveyer belt, and items placed in plastic bins with bar codes that would identify the customer, but
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"I'm imagining a tunnel between buildings with a long conveyer belt" - I'm imagining a large Chinese flea market of shit.
Oh, boy! (Score:2)
I wonder if they'll have Alexa-powered greeters at the front door?