Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it is launching a monthly payment option for college students priced at $5.49 per month after a six-month trial and with no annual commitment. Prime Student is available to college students enrolled in four- or two-year U.S. colleges. A full-year Prime Student membership is $49. In further effort to serve college students, Amazon has added two new Chicago pickup locations, bringing the total nationwide to 29. These locations are staffed, and also provide shoppers with packing and shipping services. Prime members can also take advantage of same-day pickup. These staffed pickup stations are located in larger cities and smaller college towns including Berkeley, CA, Akron, OH and Stony Brook, NY. Amazon shares are up 0.3% in premarket trading, and up 31.7% for the year so far. The S&P 500 index is up 14% for 2017 to date and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 15.5% for the period.
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