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Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
June 25, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

My plan on Friday evening was to write a hard-hitting piece on a services segment with incredible marketplace friction. Then I went to Whole Foods...

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The Omni Sales Crunch Of Specialty Snacks
The Omni Sales Crunch Of Specialty Snacks
June 21, 2018  |  Retail

In Americans’ busy lives, snacking has become as vital as one’s three daily meals, especially for those with packed schedules. Granola bars or chips, necessary...

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Amazon Restaurants, Big Threat Or Essential Lifeline?
Amazon Restaurants, Big Threat Or Essential Lifeline?
June 18, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The restaurant industry today is a study in contradictions. Census data tells us that roughly 44 percent of what consumers spend on food comes from...

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Whole Foods Increased Traffic Thanks In Large Part To Prime
Whole Foods Increased Traffic Thanks In Large Part To Prime
June 18, 2018  |  Amazon

A year after Amazon bought Whole Foods in a $13.5 billion deal, the big winner of the acquisition so far has turned out to be...

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Amazon Loading Whole Foods With Its Own Executives
Amazon Loading Whole Foods With Its Own Executives
June 15, 2018  |  Personnel

Whole Foods Chief Executive John Mackey may still maintain his role following last year’s acquisition by Amazon — but he is far from independent, reporting to...

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Amazon’s Prime Savings To Bow At Half Of Whole Foods Market Stores
Amazon’s Prime Savings To Bow At Half Of Whole Foods Market Stores
June 11, 2018  |  Retail

The Prime will now include … prime steak. Amazon and its recently acquired Whole Foods grocery unit said on Monday (June 11) that savings tied...

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Amazon-Backed Whole Foods Prompts Rivals To Act
Amazon-Backed Whole Foods Prompts Rivals To Act
June 11, 2018  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market and the success it is having with selling fresh food to consumers has sparked countermoves by food retailers, manufacturers...

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Amazon’s Whole Food Discounts Are Rolling Out Across Dozens Of States
Amazon’s Whole Food Discounts Are Rolling Out Across Dozens Of States
May 30, 2018  |  Amazon

The Prime rewards are coming; the Prime rewards are coming. Such is the hue and cry set to go off in about a dozen states,...

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Five At Five: Amazon Launches Whole Foods Prime Discounts
Five At Five: Amazon Launches Whole Foods Prime Discounts
May 16, 2018  |  Commerce

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the major payments and commerce news of the day. Today’s stories include Amazon’s effort to make...

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