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Amazon Puts Whole Foods on Fast Track to Conventional Supermarket
- Wall Street Journal, Friday, September 22, 2017 8 AM
Whole Foods will no longer allow brand representatives to promote their products or check to make sure they are stocked and displayed correctly. The retailer also is centralizing much of its decision-making regarding the assortment of products across the country. Instead of allowing brands to pitch to individual stores or regions, executives in its Austin, Texas headquarters will choose a higher percentage of the items stores carry.
