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in cash :x
Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
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More likely to happen Apple buying Disney.
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When I hear this I was like "woah!"
I've only used Amazon maybe 4 times in my life. And never been to a Whole Foods as well. So this won't effect me at all.
But in cash....DAMN!
I've only used Amazon maybe 4 times in my life. And never been to a Whole Foods as well. So this won't effect me at all.
But in cash....DAMN!
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ive only 1 thing ever on Amazon i have no idea how they gotten so huge 
ive always been loyal to ebay.
ive always been loyal to ebay.
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the future is now
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Team make a new email every month for prime haha
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And that was absolutely the right call. Cell phone providers now actually compete. If that merger when through it would have set up a de facto duopoly. They could then indirectly coordinate to screw consumers
Regulators don't just look at how big a company gets, but what effect it will have on the market.
Amazon is a huge company but they don't have a true monopoly book in really any of the markets they compete in
-However, this is not an endorsement of big business. If I could wave a magic wand I would break up a ton of companies. Our liberal politicians and federal courts are too sympathetic to the "struggles" of big business
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already exists in seattle
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ive only 1 thing ever on Amazon i have no idea how they gotten so huge
ive always been loyal to ebay.
Nah fam you gotta switch to Amazon especially Prime. I can't do eBay and the slow shipping no more.
eBay still goat on very specific items but honestly Amazon got it all.
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ILLUMINATI
Amazon just opened a bookstore just like that here in NY.
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Yeah they just opened a store here in NJ Garden State Plaza Mall
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its cool that a tech company is branching into new industries, but i don't see how anything changes, for now at least...
the bigger disruptor to the grocery game is the Lidl's North American entry, and Aldi's aggressive expansion...
the bigger disruptor to the grocery game is the Lidl's North American entry, and Aldi's aggressive expansion...
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This play was for the infrastructure Whole Foods provides.
Retail spots on every other corner allow Amazon to aggressively ramp up their produce/grocery service (delivery and retail) and will, in due time, allow them to transform some of these locations into their new clerkless-grocery store business model.
Retail spots on every other corner allow Amazon to aggressively ramp up their produce/grocery service (delivery and retail) and will, in due time, allow them to transform some of these locations into their new clerkless-grocery store business model.
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Prices been marked down starting today
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Guess what happens when Amazon runs everyone out of business? Prices go up. We will be reminiscing of the days when an Avocado was 3$.....
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Local or regional grocers already survived the super Walmart /super target/ neighborhood Walmart wave. I don't see this changing much. Their apples are still a dollar more than a couple of other places that have them for 99c/lb constantly. So a $3 to $2 drop is nice but people are already getting values elsewhere.
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So Grocery business is immune to automation huh.....
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The home delivery/pick up in store amazon prime option may change things dramatically. That's where the biggest change will be. But on a strict price front, they are now priced more affordably and more in line with other places. Prices alone will not make other places close up shop. WF would need to cut prices on everything before I see smaller regional places closing up.
I've actually seen this same scenario play out with the beer and wine field. Total wine moves in with lower prices. Mom and pop shops close up. Soon, TW raises their prices. So I get your point. The grocery market seems more competitive though.
I've actually seen this same scenario play out with the beer and wine field. Total wine moves in with lower prices. Mom and pop shops close up. Soon, TW raises their prices. So I get your point. The grocery market seems more competitive though.
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Never really got my groceries from Whole Foods. If I do it's to hit up their hot bar + beverages. Even then, it's been years since I've gone.
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I think it's both, Whole Foods has limited locations, but all locations are prime real estate within major hubs.
Will Walmart close in Lancaster PA? No....but the Walmart in Philly should be nervous.... Amazon is strategic about population densities, and once they take over these markets they will have little incentive to keep prices low....
