Amazon’s Impact on Grocery, and the Innovation that Follows

February 14, 2019February 19, 2019 Amy Karnesamazon, digital grocery, grocery, retail, shopping, stores, technology, whole foods0 comment

Amazon sent shockwaves throughout America and abroad when news broke of the e-commerce giant’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market. The $13.4 billion deal was the first of its kind and showed a leap of faith in from traditional shopping trends to a new, technologically advanced horizon. Amazon currently has a variety of grocery based options such as AmazonFresh, Prime Now, Prime Pantry, Subscribe and Save and of course, Whole Foods. With the implementation of these new digital grocery options, Amazon has given its Prime members, all 100 million of them,…

Amazon Isn’t Just Online: Three Ways It’s Impacting Physical CRE

May 8, 2018 Amy Karnesamazon, brick and mortar, commercial real estate, ecommerce, grocery, online, real estate, retail, sales, stores, technology, transactions, Warehouse, whole foods0 comment

It’s no secret that Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer. And, as such, the online behemoth has significantly and forever impacted the ways that we, as consumers, buy and sell goods throughout the United States. Their massive success has driven many retailers into a panicked frenzy, trying to come up with some way to keep up with or even compete with Amazon. However, most retailers have resorted to adopting a similar (if not smaller scale) eCommerce model. In fact, the online retailer is so ubiquitous that this shift in…