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Deal of the Year: Amazon buys Whole Foods

December 4, 2017

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Last year in March, Amazon unveiled its first physical bookstore. Now there are 13, and three more are slated for 2018.

In May, the company launched its first grocery pick up location. Now there are two.

In August, the e-commerce giant bought Whole Foods and with it 465 physical stores — increasing its physical presence by over 25 times.

“Not only for Amazon, but you just look at what it did to the rest of the food industry — and it’s a big deal,” Keith Anderson, Profitero VP of strategy and insights, told Retail Dive about the blockbuster $13.7 acquisition that shook the business community this year.

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