Tag: Amazon
US: Trump criticizes Amazon for ‘great damage’ to retailers
President Trump renewed his attack on Amazon Wednesday, tweeting that the e-commerce giant is "doing great damage to tax paying retailers" and removing jobs in...
US: FTC’s Whole Foods-Amazon review leads to probe
What started as a review of Amazon’s planned acquisition of Whole Foods has turned in a different direction according to a source close to...
US: Union against Amazon’s Whole Foods bid
Marc Perrone, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, sees Amazon as a threat to American jobs.
So on Monday, Perrone plans...
US: Amazon-Whole Foods: Shareholder sues in attempt to block takeover
A federal lawsuit aims to thwart Amazon’s proposed US$13.7 billion merger with Austin-based Whole Foods, claiming that the transaction understates the grocery chain’s value...
US: Amazon wins big data with Whole Foods buy
Last week, Amazon announced its intended fourth quarter acquisition of Whole Foods Markets for $42 per share in cash. The $13.7 billion acquisition is...
US: Five firms advise on Amazon’s Whole Foods buy
Amazon.com announced Friday its plans to purchase the organic upscale grocery company Whole Foods Market in a $13.7 billion mega-deal, one that has yielded...
US: Will Trump Officials overseeing Amazon-Whole Foods merger face conflicts of...
The blockbuster deal by Amazon to purchase Whole Foods rocked financial markets on Friday. Grocery and retail outlet stocks were in a tailspin anticipating...
US: Amazon’s deal is likely to pass antitrust scrutiny
Amazon has sent changes the grocery store market with its $14 billion bid to buy Whole Foods reports Bloomberg. The deal will add an...
Japan: Amazon to no longer force vendors to offer lowest price
Amazon Japan will do away with a contract clause that has required e-book and other suppliers to guarantee prices lower than those offered on...
EU: Amazon will change its ebook contract to end antitrust probe
The European Commission said on Thursday it had accepted commitments by US online retailer Amazon to alter its e-book contracts with publishers to end...
