Global Industry: What Amazon’s Whole Foods Deal Means

Hamburg. (bm) Amazon’s 13.7 billion USD acquisition of Whole Foods Market is a bombshell with potentially massive reverberations for both food brands and the world of brick-and-mortar retailing, said branding and retail experts at CBX. «For starters, this acquisition promises to shake up pricing, the ecommerce space, the trajectory of retail automation in the United States, and the already considerable competitive pressures faced by existing food retailers», said CBX-Partner Todd Maute. «When it comes to making bold moves aimed at disruption, Amazon never disappoints». Other topics of the week:

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