TRADITIONAL SALES
Amazon spots gap with toy catalogue
New York — Online retailer Amazon.com is making a bid to win the business up for grabs after the demise of Toys "R" Us. The online giant is going conventional, with plans to publish a holiday toy catalogue, according to people with knowledge of the retailer’s strategy. The printed guide will be mailed to millions of US households and handed out at Whole Foods Market locations, the grocery chain Amazon bought in 2017, said the people, who asked not to be named because the plan is not public. The move is part of Amazon’s push to incorporate traditional retailers’ tools into its business model. It even looked at acquiring some Toys "R" Us locations earlier in 2018, according to sources at the time. That came after its $13.7bn purchase of Whole Foods made a big splash as it pushed into brick-and-mortar retailing. A spokeswoman for Amazon declined to comment. For all its woes, Toys "R" Us, which is closing all US stores after failing to emerge from bankruptcy, was still a force during Ch...
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