Amazon Opens First Physical Store On Purdue University Campus

Online retailer Amazon opened its first ever bricks-and-mortar store on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Described by the company as a “customer order pickup and drop-off location,” the staffed center will allow Purdue students to pickup orders of textbooks and other goods, as well as make returns. To be manned by Amazon employees from the company's five facilities in Indiana, the store will allow customers to ask a staff member to open a locker for them.