Amazon.com Inc. is shuttering its Amazon-branded grocery stores and automated grab-and-go markets, eliminating two centerpieces of its push into physical retail.

Amazon.com Inc. is shuttering its Amazon-branded grocery stores and automated grab-and-go markets, eliminating two centerpieces of its push into physical retail.

Amazon Go, equipped with the cashierless Just Walk Out system, was heralded as a marvel when the first location opened to the public at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters building in 2018. Efforts to deploy the expensive array of ceiling-mounted cameras and sophisticated software to full-sized Fresh and Whole Foods stores were a bust.

The e-commerce giant wants to take on giant brick and mortar rivals with a 229,000-square-foot location south of Chicago, but its strategy will also hurt local retailers.

Amazon is set to open what it called a “first-of-its-kind” retail store in Orland Park, Illinois, after receiving the final approval from the village’s board on Monday night. The estimated 230,000-square-foot store at 9600, 159th St. will offer shoppers general merchandise, household items and groceries.