Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
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Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#2Will it last? When I heard about the price cuts, I went in to check it out. I pretty much never shop there, so I'm part of that 25% jump. In the end I saw no real difference and no reason to return.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#3Will it last? When I heard about the price cuts, I went in to check it out. I pretty much never shop there, so I'm part of that 25% jump. In the end I saw no real difference and no reason to return.
Amazon buys this companies and they never really seem to work out over time, eg. zappos, diapers. Major grocery chains will just get smarter and more aggressive with pricing.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#4Will it last? When I heard about the price cuts, I went in to check it out. I pretty much never shop there, so I'm part of that 25% jump. In the end I saw no real difference and no reason to return.
I have to imagine this is part of a larger play for Amazon Fresh. Physical locations around the US acting as mini logistic centers for their Amazon Fresh drivers to pick up orders and/or compile orders.
I can't really imagine Amazon wanting to get into the brick and mortar business, especially in Grocery stores.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#5The real question is how long until Amazon starts to raise the prices again? It's a smart PR move if you think about it. Lower prices to get more shoppers in the door and then slowly raise prices to pre sale values. They already know people will gladly pay the higher prices.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#6The real question is how long until Amazon starts to raise the prices again? It's a smart PR move if you think about it. Lower prices to get more shoppers in the door and then slowly raise prices to pre sale values. They already know people will gladly pay the higher prices.
That's not Amazon's MO, or goal with the Whole Foods purchase. They want to dominate the grocery industry like they dominate the durable goods industry.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#7As the article hints, this jump is likely driven in part by the millions of dollars of free advertising Whole Foods received from the news, and not simply because there were price cuts.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#8Will it last? When I heard about the price cuts, I went in to check it out. I pretty much never shop there, so I'm part of that 25% jump. In the end I saw no real difference and no reason to return.
That's probably because (As was alluded to in other threads on HN), most of the price cuts came to low-turnover specialty goods. The $8 bottle of lavender water is now $6.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#9Will it last? When I heard about the price cuts, I went in to check it out. I pretty much never shop there, so I'm part of that 25% jump. In the end I saw no real difference and no reason to return.
Amazon buys this companies and they never really seem to work out over time, eg. zappos, diapers. Major grocery chains will just get smarter and more aggressive with pricing.
I was not aware Zappos was not considered a success.
Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers
#10Will it last? When I heard about the price cuts, I went in to check it out. I pretty much never shop there, so I'm part of that 25% jump. In the end I saw no real difference and no reason to return.
Someone counted the number of items with discounts at their local Whole foods and it was only 49. http://www.mouseprint.org/2017/09/04/did-you-fall-for-the-wh...