It seems meal-kit delivery company Blue Apron bit off more than it could chew in planning the share price for its upcoming initial public offering. In a Securities and Exchange… Read More
As investors continue to speculate about a potential rival bidder to Amazon’s $13.7 billion price for Whole Foods Market, Reuters reports that Walmart is not in the running to scoop… Read More
Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market, the largest acquisition in the Seattle company’s history, will give the e-commerce giant a much bigger presence in physical retail, including nearly… Read More
Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey was over-the-moon about the company’s pending acquisition by Amazon in a town hall meeting with employees after the $13.7 billion deal was announced on… Read More
The Whole Foods Market on Seattle’s Westlake Avenue sits at the epicenter of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, just a few minutes away from the company’s new high-rise office buildings. It was… Read More
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Amazon ventured into uncharted territory with its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, in particular compared to the tech giant’s other acquisitions over the past two decades. Before Friday, when… Read More
Shares of Whole Foods closed Friday at $42.68 — topping the $42 per share offer that Amazon put in for the Austin, Texas-based grocery store chain. Why would Wall Street… Read More
Amazon’s announcement this morning that it will acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion surprised the technology and retail industries, and the rest of the world. The deal promises to give… Read More
Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Friday also took a major customer away from its closest rival in the cloud. Whole Foods is a Microsoft Azure Active Directory and… Read More
Last September, when Whole Foods opened a new high-tech “365 by Whole Foods Market” in Bellevue, Wash., I visited to see what all the fuss could be about when it… Read More
Amazon didn’t acquire an iconic grocery store brand just for the quinoa: Whole Foods operates hundreds of retail data mines, and Amazon just married a world-class artificial intelligence team with… Read More
Amazon’s deal to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion is sending far-reaching ripples across Wall Street, well beyond the grocery industry, affecting other Seattle tech companies. RELATED: Amazon to buy… Read More
Amazon’s announcement Friday morning of its intention to acquire Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion sent shockwaves through the tech, retail, and financial industries. The acquisition, Amazon’s largest to date… Read More
Amazon will acquire Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, marking the Seattle-based tech giant’s most ambitious expansion yet into brick-and-mortar retail. RELATED: Wall Street and Twitter react to Amazon’s blockbuster… Read More
Amazon’s grocery ambitions led it to consider a purchase of struggling health food grocer Whole Foods last year, before ultimately passing without making a bid, according to a report from… Read More
Kids, Instacart and Whole Foods are about to do for you what they did for significant others on Valentine’s Day. Starting tomorrow, the grocer and delivery service are partnering to provide flowers… Read More
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