Target Takes A Stand: We're Not Amazon's Showroom

Awkward! The National Retail Federation, which is dominated by traditional brick-and-mortar-based stores, just gave its top award to the guy who has been undermining their businesses for years. By the holiday shopping season of 2011, it was clear that Amazon.com could not remotely still be considered a plucky upstart in the retail world.

Awkward! The National Retail Federation, which is dominated by traditional brick-and-mortar-based stores, just gave its top award to the guy who has been undermining their businesses for years. By the holiday shopping season of 2011, it was clear that Amazon.com could not remotely still be considered a plucky upstart in the retail world.

Best Buy said Thursday that it will begin selling Amazon's Kindle electronic reader this year, making the US consumer electronics giant the third brick-and-mortar US store to offer the device.Best Buy said it will offer the Kindle this fall as part of a new e-reader section in its stores. Best Buy already sells the Nook, the e-reader from US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, and the Sony Reader from the Japanese company.

On June 6, Target will become the first brick-and-mortar retailer to sell Amazon's Kindle electronic reader at its stores across the United States, the company said on Wednesday.

(Mr. T in DC)

Staples will begin selling Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader this year, making the US office supply chain the second brick-and-mortar store to offer the device.The Kindle has been sold through Amazon's website since it made its debut in 2007 and has been available at US retail giant Target's stores since April.Staples said it would offer the e-reader in all of its more than 1,550 stores around the United States "beginning this fall."

By TechCrunch: By Darrell Etherington

Lowe's reported a 44% decline in store profits today and blamed store closings. What are other retailers doing? First consider Store Closings Slam Lowe's Profit Lowe's Cos.' fiscal-third-quarter earnings fell 44% as store-closing charges masked the home-improvement retailer's slightly improved same-store sales.