{"id":46875,"date":"2026-02-23T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/heres-what-it-says-about-the-future-of-retail-geekwire\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:38:01","slug":"heres-what-it-says-about-the-future-of-retail-geekwire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/heres-what-it-says-about-the-future-of-retail-geekwire\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what it says about the future of retail \u2013 GeekWire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline author vcard small\"><span class=\"text-uppercase\"><strong>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/author\/todd\/\" title=\"Posts by Todd Bishop\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Todd Bishop<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on <time class=\"published\" datetime=\"2026-02-21T15:38:49+00:00\">Feb 21, 2026 at 7:38 am<\/time><time class=\"updated d-none\" datetime=\"2026-02-21T16:26:17+00:00\">February 21, 2026 at 8:26 am<\/time><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/todd-now-new-podcast.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/todd-now-new-podcast.png 1015w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/todd-now-new-podcast-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\"\/><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">GeekWire\u2019s Todd Bishop unpacks an Amazon Now delivery that was ordered when the show began, and arrived well before it ended.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amazon promises 30-minute delivery with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2025\/amazon-launches-new-amazon-now-30-minute-delivery-service-in-seattle-and-philadelphia\/\">its new Amazon Now service<\/a>. We put it to the test \u2014 live on the GeekWire Podcast \u2014 with help from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelrlevin\/\">Michael Levin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jlowitz\/\">Josh Lowitz<\/a>, co-founders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirpllc.com\/\">Consumer Intelligence Research Partners<\/a> and two of the sharpest Amazon watchers we know.<\/p>\n<p>While we wait for our order of yogurt, blueberries, and flossers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2026\/amazon-fixes-alexa-ordering-bug-microsoft-rethinks-ai-data-centers-and-cameras-capture-every-fan\/\">long story<\/a>), Levin and Lowitz explain why Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2026\/the-end-of-the-line-for-amazons-grocery-stores-brings-a-final-irony-a-30-minute-wait-to-get-in\/\">closed its grocery stores<\/a>, what its massive future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2026\/amazon-supersizes-its-walmart-rivalry-with-new-big-box-retail-concept\/\">225,000-square-foot superstore<\/a> in suburban Chicago could mean, and why Amazon\u2019s real play is becoming the ultimate convenience store.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/geekwire-podcast\/we-tested-amazons-speedy-delivery-live-on-the-podcast-heres-what-it-says-about-the-future-of-retail\/embed?style=cover\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"We tested Amazon's speedy delivery live on the podcast: Here's what it says about the future of retail\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve totally rewritten so much of retail, and I don\u2019t think they\u2019re done,\u201d Levin said. Amazon has essentially substituted its logistics operation for its physical retail presence, with well over half of orders now arriving same day or next day, up from a small fraction five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, don\u2019t take the store closures as capitulation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir investments in logistics are working, and I wouldn\u2019t expect them to take their foot off the gas at all,\u201d Lowitz said. \u201cThey\u2019re not scared of making mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plus:<\/strong> Test your Amazon knowledge in our trivia segment. Will Josh and Mike get it right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related stories and links:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Audio editing and production by Curt Milton.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2026\/we-tested-amazons-speedy-delivery-live-on-the-podcast-heres-what-it-says-about-the-future-of-retail\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Todd Bishop on Feb 21, 2026 at 7:38 amFebruary 21, 2026 at 8:26 am GeekWire\u2019s Todd Bishop unpacks an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>bondahx - 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