Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
by zitterbewegung on Friday June 16, 2017 @11:04AM
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Amazon usually is mostly hands off to acquisitions like these. Look at Zappos and Twitch. I think that what will occur is probably some kind of service that they will tie into Prime Membership. Maybe also integrate things from their prototype store. Usually Amazon enhances experience in this acquistion and they are free to do what they want. Nothing will happen to their employee culture.
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In my view, the customer base is more important than the actual business, and so it may or may not retain its current form over time - my guess is that it will morph into Amazon's vision for retail. I bet 95% of WF shoppers are prime members already - ie. people with disposable income - and patronage and walletshare from that demographic is what Amazon values.