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Amazon’s New Customer
The key to understanding Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods is to understand that Amazon didn’t buy a retailer: the company bought a customer.
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The New York Times
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~13 min read · From 2017 · The deal is the online giant’s latest push into food retail.
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6 min read · From 2017 · Amazon.com Inc. spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market.
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20+ min read · From 2017 · The retailer’s $14 billion bet isn’t just about the future of food. It’s about becoming the one-stop shop for your entire life.
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~19 min read · From 2018 · There’s a broader strategy behind two-hour delivery for heirloom tomatoes.
Harvard Business Review
The Amazon–Whole Foods Deal Means Every Other Retailer’s Three-Year Plan Is Obsolete
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5 min read · From 2017 · Three industry assumptions just got upended.
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Why Amazon's Acquisition of Whole Foods Matters for Startupland
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2 min read · From 2017 · Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods is notable for many reasons. Of course, there’s the magnitude $13.7B. The second is the shockwaves reverberating through the grocery industry. Costco fell 10% and…
The Washington Post
Why Whole Foods is now struggling
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3 min read · From 2017 · For a reason it probably never anticipated, the popular Whole Foods grocery chain is suddenly having trouble.
The New York Times
Why Whole Foods Hasn’t Satisfied Amazon’s Grocery Appetite
The New York Times
6 min read · 2019-07-28 · Instead of Whole Foods being the answer to the tech behemoth’s grocery ambitions, it seems to have encouraged executives to pursue other ideas, too.
Bloomberg
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods in $13.7 Billion Bet on Groceries
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6 min read · From 2017 · Amazon.com Inc. will acquire Whole Foods Market Inc. in a $13.7 billion deal, marking the biggest transaction ever for the e-commerce giant as it pushes deeper into groceries.
