 "Amazon Whole Foods takeover")
The conglomerate was supposed to be dead, a relic of a bygone of era of corporate America. Investors, we have been repeatedly told, want smaller, nimbler, more focused companies.
And yet there is Amazon.
Just when it seemed that sprawling empire building had gone out of vogue — eulogies were written last week for General Electric after Jeffrey Immelt, its chief executive, retired under pressure from shareholders — Amazon announced that it was buying Whole Foods for $13.4 billion.
The deal will put Amazon in the brick-and-mortar grocery store business, which will exist alongside an ever-increasing bevy
And yet there is Amazon.
Just when it seemed that sprawling empire building had gone out of vogue — eulogies were written last week for General Electric after Jeffrey Immelt, its chief executive, retired under pressure from shareholders — Amazon announced that it was buying Whole Foods for $13.4 billion.
The deal will put Amazon in the brick-and-mortar grocery store business, which will exist alongside an ever-increasing bevy
