Amazon smart home spaces to be available in 10 Kohl's stores this fall
New Amazon smart home spaces selling smart home products and a variety of Amazon devices will be in 10 Kohl's Corp. stores in the Los Angeles and Chicago areas starting in October. Kohl's shares lifted 1.5% in premarket trade Wednesday and Amazon shares rose 0.4%. Customers will be able to try out Alexa-enabled Amazon devices and learn about smart home services, according to Dave Zimmer, Amazon Devices vice president for sales and marketing. Items in the smart home spaces will be bought directly from Amazon and the area will be staffed by Amazon sales associates, the companies said. Customers can also schedule an Amazon associate to come to their house and install smart home products and use Amazon Home Services, in which local professionals can "help with everything around the house," the companies said. Kohl's shares have declined 3.8% over the last three months and Amazon shares have surged 13.0%, compared with a 1.2% rise in the S&P 500 .
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