Amazon has been not-so-secretly trying to put brick-and-mortar stores out of business but now it looks like the company is planning to launch a charm offensive against its brick-and-mortar rivals. Unnamed sources tell The Wall Street Journal that Amazon "plans to offer brick-and-mortar retailers a checkout system that uses Kindle tablets as soon as this summer" that might involve giving the stores "Kindle tablets and credit-card readers" to use free of charge.
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Amazon plans to kill brick-and-mortar stores with kindness