Shira Ovide & Sarah Halzack, Columnists

Amazon Quickly Employs Its Ruthless Playbook on Whole Foods

E-commerce giant wastes no time in rolling out its proven market-share attack.
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Sorry, supermarkets: Amazon.com Inc. just confirmed that your worst nightmares are about to come true.

Ever since the e-commerce giant announced in June that it had agreed to buy Whole Foods Market Inc., speculation had been in overdrive about how their combined powers could shake the grocery industry.