The WSJ reports that Amazon is opening some kind of physical, operating presence — will it include or operate as a store? — on 34th in Midtown Manhattan, across from the Empire State Building. According to “people familiar with the plans,” the space “would function as a mini-warehouse, with limited inventory for same-day delivery within New York, product returns and exchanges, and pickups of online orders.” They add, less definitively, that “Amazon also may consider using the space to showcase inventory, particularly its devices like the Kindle e-readers, Fire smartphone or Fire TV set-top box.” The store is deemed an experiment. […]