Amazon buying Whole Foods for $13.7B in grocery industry shakeup8 D/ D A8 k0 R" _4 t6 \2 \, i. C# c
Online selling giant Amazon is buying high-end grocery store chain Whole Foods in a deal that has the potential to revolutionize both sides of the retail industry.8 H- K& @- j+ I3 p) E. J& b
Amazon plans to leave Whole Foods' network of stores pretty much as they are, retaining all employees, locations and the current executive team. Whole Foods has 431 stores in the U.S., a handful in the U.K. and 13 more in Canada — mainly in Toronto and Vancouver, but also one location in Victoria, and one in Ottawa.: N# F1 k" Y+ L: j
Amazon 计划保留Whole Foods 的原班人马。 Whole Foods 在美国有43个分店, 而在加拿大有13个, 分别在多伦多与温哥华,还有在维多利亚与渥太华的。8 q8 n2 C E+ i' O
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多伦多与温哥华是新兴大国有钱人聚集的地方, 看看其房价就知道了。 " [; O: V0 \" e4 [& V
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Most grocery stores operate on a razor thin profit margin, so don't have a lot of cash on hand to invest in new technology or innovation. Amazon, on the other hand, spends much of its money doing just that. So having a technology powerhouse coming in to shake up the way people buy food "is a really daunting prospect for the grocery industry," Stephens told CBC News in an interview. - M7 @! n; X- \: l3 b9 Q; d O) r" f0 `. P- \4 k现有的零售店是低利润的, 现在的零售店没有现金来做高科技。而 Amazon则相反, 它有雄厚的资金做科研。言下之意, 传统的零售店, 在虚实兼备的新贵面前,都会退出市场。
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Instead of lining up to pay at the end, customers simply log in via an app when they enter the stores, collect whatever they want from the aisles, and go home — the bill is sent to their account, based on GPS technology that monitors and tracks what they picked up and purchased.0 H+ W/ g* F# w/ ~! p