★ Amazon Announces Intention to Buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion

This is by far Amazon’s biggest acquisition ever, well ahead of its $1.2 billion Zappos buy or its $970 million purchase of Twitch. But it’s also its most noteworthy in many other ways – buying into a very large, well-established business in an area where Amazon really doesn’t compete in a meaningful way today. Whole … Continue reading ★ Amazon Announces Intention to Buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion