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Amazon arrives at The Beach

Amazon is coming to 49er Shops’ University Bookstore in fall 2016.

“We are excited to provide a location to serve our campus and local community and look forward to a great relationship with Amazon,” said Don Penrod, CEO of the Forty-Niner Shops, in a statement.

Kierstin Stickney, director of marketing and communications for the Forty-Niner Shops, Inc., said that the bookstore is making changes, relocating and adjusting services throughout the bookstore to make room for Amazon.

According to Stickney, the Amazon pickup location will be located on the south side of the front entrance of the University Bookstore building, and the copy center will move toward the front of the bookstore entrance.

“The Amazon@TheBeach will be beneficial for everyone because students won’t have to worry about waiting a week to get the book they need, and staff won’t have to worry about accommodating everyone who may not have their book yet,” said senior healthcare administration major Clarissa Beltran.

“The downfall is that the bookstore might be even more crowded and busy than what it was at the beginning of the bookstore,” Beltran said. “Despite a crowded bookstore, I think this will be a great implementation.”

Since last year, Amazon has opened several other staffed pickup locations at universities throughout the nation including Purdue University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of California Berkeley and the University of Cincinnati among others.

CSULB will be the first college in the California State University system to partner with Amazon.

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