Amazon Moves to Conquer Groceries with Whole Foods Purchase
The big business news rolling into the weekend was Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods, a move that seemed to take the retail world by surprise. Industry analyst Charlie O’Shea calls the $13.4 billion deal “a transformative transaction, not just for food retail, but for retail in general.” Soon, Amazon will have 460 Whole Foods stores […]
Amazon Aims to Conquer New Markets with Physical Stores
Last week, one of Amazon Prime Air’s drones dropped off a small box of sunscreen at an exclusive robotics conference in Palm Springs. The package was small, but the shipment itself was huge: it was the company’s first public drone delivery on U.S. soil. We are now well on our way to a future where […]