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Amazon is testing delivery from mall stores in Dallas, Frisco and Houston

FILE - Daniel Thorpe, of Hoboken, N.J., uses the Amazon app to pay for his purchase at the Amazon 4-star store in the Soho neighborhood of New York, on Sept. 27, 2018. Amazon is set to open its first-ever physical clothing store later this year at the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, Calif., that will push out personalized recommendations as customers shop and scan items on their phone and feature high-tech dressing rooms, the company announced Thursday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
FILE - Daniel Thorpe, of Hoboken, N.J., uses the Amazon app to pay for his purchase at the Amazon 4-star store in the Soho neighborhood of New York, on Sept. 27, 2018. Amazon is set to open its first-ever physical clothing store later this year at the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, Calif., that will push out personalized recommendations as customers shop and scan items on their phone and feature high-tech dressing rooms, the company announced Thursday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) FILE - Daniel Thorpe, of Hoboken, N.J., uses the Amazon app to pay for his purchase at the Amazon 4-star store in the Soho neighborhood of New York, on Sept. 27, 2018. Amazon is set to open its first-ever physical clothing store later this year at the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, Calif., that will push out personalized recommendations as customers shop and scan items on their phone and feature high-tech dressing rooms, the company announced Thursday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Amazon said Monday that it has started a test that allows it to fill orders using other retailers’ stores and employees.

Amazon is partnering with mall stores in 10 cities, including Dallas, Frisco and Houston, to deliver purchases from stores’ inventory directly to its Prime members.

The test will include same-day deliveries in Dallas from PacSun, GNC, SuperDry and Diesel. Participating stores are at NorthPark Center, Galleria Dallas and in Frisco’s Stonebriar Centre.

Other retailers will be added over the coming months such as Sur La Table and 100% Pure, Amazon said Monday. Other cities in the test are Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Ariz., Seattle and Washington, D.C.

It’s a small test now, but it will be interesting to see where it’s heading. It also may be an acknowledgment from the big online retailer that physical stores are key links.