Episode 26: Amazon and Whole Foods

Carolyn and Seth review three different articles with different takes on Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods, eventually discussing possible implications of massive internet companies that influence every aspect of daily life. Slate/Last mile problem: www.slate.com/articles/business/…_mile_problem.html (https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Farticles%2Fbusiness%2Fmoneybox%2F2017%2F06%2Famazon_s_purchase_of_whole_foods_is_about_the_last_mile_problem.html) Stratechery/New customer approach: stratechery.com/2017/amazons-new-customer/ (https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstratechery.com%2F2017%2Famazons-new-customer%2F) NY Times/Consumer data: www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/…tml?smid=tw-share (https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Faponline%2F2017%2F06%2F29%2Ftechnology%2Fap-us-tec-amazon-whole-foods-the-value-in-data.html%3Fsmid%3Dtw-share)