Amazon is reportedly combining the fulfillment networks of its Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh stores to better compete in the grocery business. By doing so, the firm plans to offer customers a one-stop shopping experience, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Nov. 8). The...
Amazon SVP Worldwide Grocery Stores Tony Hoggett will be leaving the company. “After nearly three years at Amazon, it’s time for the next step in my career,” Hoggett wrote in a Friday post on LinkedIn. Amazon said in a Friday update posted on its website:...
Amazon is expanding its grocery reach with a new type of store. The company opened a store called “Amazon Grocery” within the same Chicago building that houses a Whole Foods Market, another Amazon-owned company. “With this new concept, customers can shop their favorite natural and...
Amazon has expanded its grocery delivery subscription service by adding an annual plan for Prime members and extending its discounted subscription to all Prime Access members. These new offerings build upon the success the grocery subscription has seen since its launch in April, Amazon said...
February 09, 2024
As Amazon continues to try to shrink the gap between its own share of consumers’ grocery spending and Walmart’s, the eCommerce giant is retooling its mass-market brick-and-mortar offerings and looking to provide one-stop pickup options. On Amazon’s latest earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy noted that the company has already captures a significant share of consumers’ nonperishable […]
July 20, 2023
As grocers look to boost their data-collecting capabilities in stores, Whole Foods Market is rolling out parent company Amazon’s palm payment capabilities across all locations. On Thursday (July 20), Amazon...
August 09, 2018
The world was a very different place in February 2005 when Amazon first introduced its loyalty program: Prime. There was no such thing as an iPhone; that was two years...
July 27, 2018
Another quarterly earnings reports, another rush of pleased Amazon investors hurrying to boost the stock in after-hours trading — Amazon stock jumped 4.1 percent in after-hours trading, despite notching the rare miss...
December 02, 2024
When it comes to attracting new customers, Whole Foods Market is apparently thinking small. The Amazon-owned grocery chain recently opened its first Daily Shop mini-market on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with plans to bring the concept to other urban neighborhoods, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (Dec. 2). “We’re serving a previously unmet need in the neighborhood,” Nicole Davia, […]
November 08, 2024
Amazon is reportedly combining the fulfillment networks of its Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh stores to better compete in the grocery business. By doing so, the firm plans to...
October 25, 2024
Amazon SVP Worldwide Grocery Stores Tony Hoggett will be leaving the company. “After nearly three years at Amazon, it’s time for the next step in my career,” Hoggett wrote in...
October 18, 2024
Amazon is expanding its grocery reach with a new type of store. The company opened a store called “Amazon Grocery” within the same Chicago building that houses a Whole Foods...
