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The Seattle Times reports that Amazon, in addition to offering Prime Now service in Spain, also "allows shoppers to order items from the many stalls that populate the Mercado de la Paz, a 19th century market."

This option, the Times writes, "marks an interesting adaptation by Amazon to European shopping mores, where street and municipal markets still play a major role in dense urban neighborhoods."

“Many of us think public markets are the birthplace of this passion for food. That is why, our collaboration with the emblematic Mercado de la Paz — the first time ever that Amazon partners with a popular public market through Prime Now — is something that we are sure our Spanish customers will value,” François Nuyts, the head of Amazon in Spain, said in a statement. “We are happy to blend this deep-rooted culture with our most-advanced technology on behalf of them.”
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