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Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is a paid subscription service offered by Amazon that gives users access to services that would otherwise be unavailable, or cost extra, to the typical Amazon customer. This includes free two-day delivery, streaming music and video, and other benefits.

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Amazon, Whole Foods Change Meal Kit Dynamics
Amazon, Whole Foods Change Meal Kit Dynamics
July 09, 2018  |  Delivery

One year after Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market, meal kit delivery companies are pulling out all the stops to hold onto customers. While the eCommerce...

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Analyst: Amazon Prime Subscription Worth $180 Today
Analyst: Amazon Prime Subscription Worth $180 Today
July 06, 2018  |  Amazon

While Amazon’s Prime membership currently comes at a cost of $119 per year, one firm, Reason Investments, believes that the membership is worth at least $180...

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Amazon Cardholders Can Chase More Whole Foods Discounts
Amazon Cardholders Can Chase More Whole Foods Discounts
July 05, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon customers with the right credit card can keep chasing more grocery discounts at Whole Foods. The eCommerce operator said that between July 14 and...

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Changes At Whole Foods Post Amazon Buy Rankles Workers, Suppliers
Changes At Whole Foods Post Amazon Buy Rankles Workers, Suppliers
July 03, 2018  |  Retail

One year in, the changes at Whole Foods Market, post the acquisition by Amazon, are rankling some of the grocery giant’s employees and its supply...

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Two-Sided Markets Sizzle, Swipe Fees Fizzle And Exactis Leaks A Lot Of Data
Two-Sided Markets Sizzle, Swipe Fees Fizzle And Exactis Leaks A Lot Of Data
June 29, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Fizzle of the Week: Exactis “Records are made to be broken.” That famous quote has been assigned, in some variation, to Richard Branson, Michael Phelps,...

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Five At Five: Amazon Expands Food Deliveries
Five At Five: Amazon Expands Food Deliveries
June 26, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a look at an Amazon delivery move...

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Amazon Announces Next Whole Foods Delivery Expansion
Amazon Announces Next Whole Foods Delivery Expansion
June 26, 2018  |  Retail

Grocery delivery for Prime members is taking its next great leap forward as Amazon and Whole Foods have announced that Prime Now Grocery is expanding...

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Amazon May Double Whole Foods’ Customer Base Through Prime
Amazon May Double Whole Foods’ Customer Base Through Prime
June 26, 2018  |  Retail

With new Prime incentives, one tech analyst believes that Amazon could double the customer base of Whole Foods. RBC Capital Markets’ Lead Internet Analyst Mark...

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Today In Data: Priming The Digital Consumer
Today In Data: Priming The Digital Consumer
June 26, 2018  |  Today In Data

Starting this week, Whole Foods Market shoppers who are also Amazon Prime members will see their benefits rolling in no matter where they are, as...

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