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Whole Foods' Last Solo Numbers Quantify Amazon Effect: Gadfly

We have a better sense now of the Amazon effect on Whole Foods. Hint: It's pretty big. Whole Foods on Friday released its final financial report, which...

Whole Foods Wins By Basking In The Glow Of Amazon's Halo: Gadfly

The cash registers at Whole Foods seem to be ringing like they haven't in years. Why? Because of articles like this one. The news about Amazon.com Inc.'...

Whole Foods Price Cuts Send Shares Of Kroger And Sprouts Sliding

Amazon.com Inc.’s price cuts at Whole Foods, a key part of its strategy for the upscale grocer, are rocking its supermarket rivals. Shares of Krog...

Amazon Posts Double Digit Sales Growth Following Whole Foods Deal

Online retail giant Amazon has reported that net sales increased by 34% to $43.7 billion in the third quarter of the year. This figure includes $1.3 bil...

Amazon's Grocery Grab Squeezes Debt-Laden Supermarket Chains

Just over a month after Amazon ate Whole Foods, the shakeout in the American grocery aisle keeps getting uglier. The latest sign of trouble: private-equ...

Costco Falls On Concerns Over Membership Renewals, Margins

Costco’s better-than-projected results still weren’t enough to please investors, who instead zeroed in on a drop in membership renewal rates an...

Amazon's Whole Foods Lures New Shoppers From Wal-Mart, Sprouts

Amazon’s takeover of Whole Foods Markets has shaken the grocery business. Walmart Stores, Trader Joe’s and Sprouts Farmers Market may be hurtin...

Amazon Can't Just Preach To The Whole Foods Choir: Gadfly

Amazon.com Inc. is wasting no time in its efforts to turn itself into a grocery heavyweight. On the day its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market...