Amazon is planning to open one of its new 4-Star stores in the Dallas area.

4-Star stores are designed to bring Amazon's online experience into a physical space with employees who can answer questions and displays of products that are top sellers in local markets.

Amazon hasn't yet disclosed the Dallas-Fort Worth location, but it has started hiring and posted a job for a store manager on its website. The ad's job details included Frisco.

"We are excited to be bringing an Amazon 4-star to the Dallas area, and we are currently hiring for a store manager," an Amazon spokeswoman said in an emailed response. She declined to provide more details.

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One of the three 4-Star stores that Amazon has opened so far is in Denver's Park Meadows Mall, which is owned by Brookfield Properties. Stonebriar Centre in Frisco is also owned by Brookfield and is undergoing a major renovation, with a Hyatt Hotel and a children's entetainment center Kidzania opening later this year.

The other 4-Star stores are not in malls and have been open since September. They're in New York's Soho neighborhood on Spring Street and in Berkeley, Calif., on Fourth Street.

In the last couple of years, Amazon has increased its physical footprint, not only with the 2017 acquisition of Austin-based Whole Foods Market but also by developing Amazon Books, the Amazon Go convenience store and 4-Star, which is kind of an introduction to its e-commerce superstore.

Earlier this year, Amazon closed all 87 of its electronics Pop-Up kiosks, eight of them in Texas, saying it was moving ahead with Amazon Books and 4-Star stores.

4-Star is Amazon's first try at general merchandise stores. There's a today's deal table, and some items carry in-store only prices.

The store is set up by categories similar to the website, but the small size of the store and the name is a nod to what's inside: Items that get top ratings from customers or are trending and heading that way.

In the New York store, which is about 2,000 square feet, top online categories are labeled on the wall — consumer electronics, home and kitchen, toys and games — with merchandise in shelves below it. Tables with merchandise displayed are labeled as "most wished for," "trending around New York City," and "top-selling around New York City." In March, some of those top sellers were the Magic Bullet, a paper shredder, Sharpies and a Conair nose and facial hair trimmer. Among the trending items in New York were a Stanley tape measure and an LED keyboard.

The stores sign up customers with a 30-day free trial to the company's Amazon Prime loyalty program. Prices are displayed on digital readout tags, and if shoppers are Prime members they pay the Prime price, which may be cheaper.

The 4-Star store also promotes Amazon Basic best sellers, and in the Soho store there was a display devoted to Ring home security, which Amazon owns. Customers can also learn how to integrate their iRobot vacuum with Amazon's voice assistant Alexa.

4-Star locations don't offer pickup of online orders but do take Amazon returns. There was a display of greeting cards and gift cards for shoppers heading straight to the birthday party. The kids toy and games section is set up by age.

The Dallas market has become a popular destination for the new digital brands as they've opened stores. It was among the first to get the early digital converts to physical stores — Warby Parker and Bonobos.

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