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Are Amazon’s prices too good to be true? The U.S. government wants to find out.
Amazon CEO Jeff BezosImage: Getty David Ryder/Getty Images As Amazon prepares to lock down its mega-merger with Whole Foods, one of its most controversial sales practices may be coming back to haunt it. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating claims that the online shopping giant misleads customers with the price comparisons it lists on its products, Reuters first reported. The unofficial probe concerns the listed price on items, that retailers use to demonstrate how much their customers are supposedly saving. SEE ALSO: Yes, Amazon is convenient, but is it just too damn powerful? The group behind the complaint, Consumer Watchdog, […]
Whole Foods recalls ‘chicken salad’ because it’s actually tuna salad
Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock Looks like Whole Foods is back in the newsand this time, Amazon has nothing to do with it. The grocery giant sent shoppers a recall alert for approximately 404 pounds of “buffalo style chicken salad” for actually being … tuna salad. SEE ALSO: What will Whole Foods of the future, powered by Amazon, look like? The salad, distributed by Willow Tree Poultry Farm in Attelboro, Mass., was wrongly labeled “buffalo style chicken salad” and was distributed to approximately 35 Whole Foods stores in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. How do you know if your salad is included […]
Walmart and Amazon are battling for retail’s future. Is anyone else in the running?
Image: Getty Images How do you compete with Amazon and Walmart? That’s the question ringing in the ears of everyone who works in U.S. retail. Amazon’s blockbuster $13.7 billion deal to buy Whole Foods solidified the notion that the retail giant is not content to just dominate ecommerceit’s coming for your real-world stores too. Walmart is attacking from the other direction. Already established as the dominant U.S. store with more than 11,000 locations, it is now on a buying spree to establish itself as an ecommerce player. Everyone else faces a very tough way forward. Many department stores and clothing […]
Amazon will probably kill the crazy lines at Whole Foods
There’s no greater hell than waiting in a long line at Whole Foods on a Saturday afternoon. Luckily, there could be some sweet relief coming soon. Alexa to the rescue? Maybe. Amazon announced on Friday its plans to acquire the grocery store chain in a deal valued at $13.7 billion. So why in the world is America’s biggest online retailer suddenly trying to get into the grocery industry? SEE ALSO: Amazon buys Whole Foods(!) for $13.7 billion Well, Amazon has been pushing to expand its footprint in the grocery business for quite some time. Even as many U.S. consumers are […]