"Alexa, buy Whole Foods" – Amazon’s latest leap into real-world retail extends into CPG, packaging, smart homes, and smart cities

June 19, 2017 | Research Brief

On June 16, Amazon announced it intends to buy U.S. grocery retailer Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. Whole Foods is a relatively young (founded in 1980), small chain with about 450...

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