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Amazon is selling t-shirts and toys through mobile games

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Amazon.com has begun selling physical merchandise such as t-shirts and toys to mobile game players. The retail, technology and logistics giant has teamed up with the makers of Pokemon Go to offer products related to a new game through its Amazon Anywhere business-to-business program.

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