New York Daily News: Empty Sears, J.C. Penney stores in malls could become Amazon fulfillment centers: report

Amazon Inc., having helped obliterate brick-and-mortar retailers, may be taking over some of their sluffed-off spaces. The online-ordering giant is in talks with mall owner Simon Property Group to convert the empty shells of what used to be mall-anchoring department stores such as J.C. Penney and Sears into fulfillment centers.

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