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Amazon to open pop-up store at the opening of the Whole Foods Market near Union Station

People can try out Amazon devices ranging from Echo to Fire TV

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 1:  Danika Worthington - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Trying to order an Amazon Echo? Step away from the computer and head over to Whole Foods Market.

Seattle-based Amazon, which acquired Whole Foods in August, will open a pop-up store on Nov. 15 at the opening of Whole Foods’ new location near Union Station, the tech giant said Thursday.

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    Nathan Snyder unpacks boxes inside the new Whole Foods market at Union Station on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver.

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    James Kines, center, works on the new point of sale registers inside the new Whole Foods market at Union Station on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver.

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    The inside of the Whole Foods market is beginning to take shape at the new Union Station location on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver.

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    A workman paints lettering on a concrete pillar inside the new Whole Foods Market at Union Station on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver.

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    Vintage luggage, which will be placed on the walls, sits on the floor inside the new Whole Foods Market at Union Station on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver.

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    The inside of the new Whole Foods market is beginning to take shape at the Whole Foods Union Station location on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver. The store will employ 210 team members and bring 135 new jobs to the city. With the opening of the Wewatta Street store, the existing 20,000-square-foot Whole Foods on Capitol Hill between North Emerson and Ogden streets will close on Nov. 12. The company has said about 75 workers at the Capitol Hill site will migrate to the new location.

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    Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post

    The inside of the new Whole Foods market is beginning to take shape at the new Whole Foods Union Station location on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver. The 50,000-square foot "flagship" store is part of the new Union Denver apartment complex at 1701 Wewatta St., and is a few blocks north of the historic train depot.

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    Mario Galvin paints fixtures for the new interior of Birdcall, a local restaurant that will be inside of the new Whole Foods Market at Union Station on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver. The 50,000-square foot "flagship" store is part of the new Union Denver apartment complex at 1701 Wewatta St., and is a few blocks north of the historic train depot.

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    Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post

    The inside of the new Whole Foods market is beginning to take shape at the new Whole Foods Union Station location on Oct. 25, 2017 in Denver. The 50,000-square foot "flagship" store is part of the new Union Denver apartment complex at 1701 Wewatta St., and is a few blocks north of the historic train depot. It will be Whole Foods' first downtown Denver store and the 21st store in the state, the chain said.

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The Denver pop-up store is one of five in Whole Foods stores across the nation. The others are in Chicago, Rochester Hills, Mich., Davie, Fla., and Pasadena, Calif. People can try out Amazon devices, including the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Fire TV, Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets.

There are more than 100 other Whole Foods stores selling Amazon devices, including locations in Cherry Creek North and on Pearl Street in Boulder, spokeswoman Robin Kelly said. T

A few Whole Foods stores started selling Echos when the companies’ merger finalized.

The company also has Amazon Pop-Up stores in malls, including Park Meadows and Cherry Creek Shopping Center.