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Amazon opens first non-food store in UK

It will only sell items that have been rated four stars or above on the website

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) opened its first non-food store in the UK, where it’s only selling items rated four stars or above on the website.

The 4-Star shop is in Bluewater shopping centre, in Greenhithe, Kent, covering 3,500 square feet of space.

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It will sell 2,000 products including toys, books and electronic devices, The Times reported.

The internet giant launched the concept in the US three years ago and has now three such stores in North America.

It opened the first cashierless food store in the UK in March, rolling out to another five locations since. It also operates a hair salon and seven Whole Foods sites in Britain.