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The Amazon-Whole Foods Deal Means Every Other Retailer's Three-Year Plan Is Obsolete

 


STRATEGY NEWSLETTER Harvard Business Review

June 30, 2017

The Amazon–Whole Foods Deal Means Every Other Retailer's Three-Year Plan Is Obsolete

By Darrell K. Rigby


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The challenges to growth are usually internal.


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Waiting and watching is not enough.


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