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Whole Foods Market

The rise and fall of Amazon’s homegrown stores: A decade of retail experiments comes full circle

The closure of the Amazon Go and Fresh stores is the end of an era for the online giant. We trace how Amazon got here — and why the only stores left are the chain it acquired. Read More

Amazon closing all Amazon Fresh and Go stores to focus on Whole Foods and grocery delivery

After a decade of experimentation and expansion, the company says it wasn’t able to find the right model for its Amazon-branded grocery and convenience stores. Read More

Amazon supersizes its Walmart rivalry with new big-box retail concept

The e-commerce giant plans to test a new big-box retail concept outside Chicago that mirrors the scale of a Walmart superstore, while layering in Amazon-style technology that blends in-store shopping with app-based ordering. Read More

Starbucks hires Amazon grocery tech leader as new CTO amid turnaround push

Starbucks has named longtime Amazon executive Anand Varadarajan as its new chief technology officer, tapping a veteran of the tech giant’s grocery and supply chain operations as the coffee chain pushes to modernize technology in its stores. Read More

How Amazon is bringing name brands to Whole Foods, without putting them on the shelves

Amazon officially unveiled a new “store within a store” at a Whole Foods Market outside Philadelphia, blending natural and organic groceries with national name brands through an in-app ordering system and robotic fulfillment. Read More

Whole Foods grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood closes after 7 years

A Whole Foods Market in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has closed, seven years after opening at the base of a… Read More

Amazon’s top grocery stores exec Tony Hoggett is leaving in big exit from senior leadership team

Tony Hoggett, the Amazon senior vice president in charge of the company’s worldwide grocery stores business, is leaving the tech… Read More

Amazon’s palm-recognition tech gets its own mobile app, with new AI matching capability

Amazon released a new mobile app for its Amazon One palm-recognition technology, letting users sign up for the service on… Read More

Amazon’s bizarre bazaar: Strange final chapter for tech giant’s first bricks-and-mortar bookstore

“Best Book Club Ever” read one sign inside Amazon Books at Seattle’s University Village this weekend. On the bookshelves below… Read More

Whole Foods

From Go to go bigger, Amazon bringing cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ tech to two Whole Foods stores

Amazon is bringing more of its technology to Whole Foods Market, announcing Wednesday that the “Just Walk Out” cashierless experience… Read More

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