Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Thursday, August 19th, 2021.

I'm Brian McCullough today. Headlines seemingly out of time.

Amazon wants to bring back department stores. Google partners with

GE appliances, but Intel continues to look to the future with its new hybrid

architecture chips. Facebook wants your next conference call to take place in VR and has Robin Hood put

all its eggs in the doge basket.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. The 20th Century called and wanted to make some headlines this morning, so two stories

up top that seem like throwbacks to an earlier time.

First, sources are telling the Wall Street Journal that Amazon plans to open several large physical stores, call them department stores across the U.S. starting in Ohio and California to extend its reach in clothing and other areas.

Quote, the new retail spaces will be around 30,000 square feet,

smaller than most department stores which typically occupy about 100,000

square feet and will offer items from top consumer

brands.

The Amazon stores will dwarf many of the company's other physical retail spaces and will have

a footprint similar to scaled-down formats that Bloomingdale's Nordstrom and other

department store chains have begun opening the people said. It is unclear

what brands Amazon will offer in the stores although the company's private

label goods are expected to feature prominently the people

said.

Amazon sells scores of products including clothes, furniture, batteries, and electronic devices through

many of its own labels.

The plans aren't yet final and could change,

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