Re:Amazon's Whole Foods deal under scrutiny
by stale2002 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:47AM
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Amazon has been monopolizing markets with low prices for 20 years.
And people have been saying that the inevitable price increase is just around the corner.
And yet those price increases have yet to come.
So tell me, when will THESE price increases come around?
Maybe in Another 20 years?
Also, the premise that "consumers" are a monolithic group is mistaken. What's good for comfortable consumers in wealthy places is not necessarily also good for poor consumers. Is Amazon Whole Foods going to serve 100% of the United States? Can you imagine them destroying the business of a company and then choosing not to serve all of that company's customers?
Amazon's "awesome" prices are artificially low (like Uber's, for example) due to subsidy from investors. This indicates an intent to compete and then raise prices.