Amazon just announced the opening of its first physical location, taking by employees of the company, being located on the campus of Purdue.
The idea is that the staff belonging to this university, whether students, alumni, teachers and other workers eligible for the benefits offered by this place, and in the case of students, can also purchase educational materials for their classes simply because the material is identified with the logo of the University and qualified for the class to which it belongs. In addition, students can also buy other items from Amazon and also those items Free One-Day Pickup that are marked with the logo Prime Campus .
To do this, the staff of the university will have to visit the page or join purdue.amazon.com Amazon Student to personalize your shopping experience associated with the university. When paying for the items selected, shall indicate to Amazon @ Purdue as shipping address, allowing them to collect orders in the same place. When orders reach the local people who have done the same, will receive a notification via email or text. When you go to pick up their orders, they must click on the link that has come to them via email or text to generate a barcode, which will be the one used in the home for scanning and collection in a space of self, or go to reception collection to be helped by the staff there available.
The first location will be the beginning and the company plans a second physical Local elsewhere on campus this spring, and besides, is also planning free overnight shipping for textbooks specifically for all students in Purdue once that the expansion is carried out.
Apart from Purdue University, Amazon also has similar agreements with the University of California, Davis and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
