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Hmmn. The entire story is attributed to "a person with knowledge of the company’s grocery plans." We aren't told whether this is a senior Amazon executive or an
by GCA10 9y ago
Hmmn. The entire story is attributed to "a person with knowledge of the company’s grocery plans." We aren't told whether this is a senior Amazon executive or an automation-services vendor who sat in on a couple meetings with a mid-level Amazon team and thinks he/she has the whole story.
Everything in the piece sounds like one path that Amazon could take. But Amazon also has a long history of exploring a lot of ideas before deciding where it will commit big resources. Hearing the same scenario from multiple sources would have been helpful.
- jameskegel 9y agoThis is pretty common as a PR move actually. Any backlash on stock price or public opinion and they get to rejigger the strategy for free and call the claims "unfounded".
- dboreham 9y agoYou need to know that "person with knowledge..." is code for "Jeff Bezos".