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憋大招!亚马逊137亿美元收购 Whole Foods,叫板沃尔玛打响线下战

2017-06-17 转译 灵戈blog


北京时间6月16日晚间消息,亚马逊周五宣布,将以约137亿美元收购全食超市(Whole Foods), 较上日收盘溢价约 27%。

亚马逊称,将以每股42美元的价格现金收购这家有机食品连锁超市(NASDAQ: WFM)。Whole Foods 是美国一家专门销售有机食品的连锁超商,第一间店在 1980 年 9 月 20 日开幕。总部位于德州奥斯丁,Whole Foods Market 在美国、加拿大和英国开设有187家连锁店。

这是迄今为止亚马逊进行的最大一笔并购交易。交易完成后,全食超市将由联合创始人约翰·麦基将继续负责运营。 

在此之前,亚马逊最大一笔并购交易发生在2014年,当时以9.7亿美元现金收购视频游戏服务公司Twitch Interactive。截至今年3月底,亚马逊拥有215亿美元现金及现金等价物。 

亚马逊CEO贝索斯在一份声明中称:“有数百万人喜欢全食超市,因为它提供最好的天然有机食品,让人们吃得更健康。”

亚马逊收购全球食品公司的交易是看中在线零售商已经进入了杂货和新鲜食品发展进入快车道,这个领域已经成为互联网零售商的战场,他们力图改变生存已久的杂货店零售模式。

该笔交易也是亚马逊进入自己的实体零售切入点,早前它在美国纽约市开设了几家书店。在2016年12月,亚马逊发布了一个视频预览所谓的“亚马逊Go”商店,其中客户将进入商店,挑选商品省去了到收银台排队的困扰,顾客离开的时通过手机可以自动结账。

亚马逊的愿望是将其零售业务下放到更传统的实体渠道,这一点在近几年已经明确了。

亚马逊宣布这项收购交易后,沃尔玛(WMT)的股价下跌了约6%。

沃尔玛近几个月开始更直接挑战亚马逊的业务,即其首席会员资格,为客户提供较小的最小订单量,以获得免费的两天运送资格。去年,沃尔玛以30亿美元收购了在线零售商Jet.com。

以下是消息原文:

Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion

Amazon (AMZN) is buying Whole Foods (WFM)for $13.7 billion, the companies announced on Friday.

In a statement Friday morning, the onlineretailer said it would buy the high-end grocer for $42 per share, more than the$33.06 per share Whole Foods closed at on Thursday. The deal is Amazon’s biggest deal ever,topping the $1.2 billion the company paid for online footwear retailer Zapposin 2009. 

In pre-market trading on Friday, Amazonshares were up slightly, rising about 0.9%. Whole Foods shares were halted fortrade shortly after 9:00 a.m. ET.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said, “Millions ofpeople love Whole Foods Market because they offer the best natural and organicfoods, and they make it fun to eat healthy. "Whole Foods Market has been satisfying, delighting and nourishingcustomers for nearly four decades — they’re doing an amazing job and we wantthat to continue."

John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, willremain CEO of the company and its headquarters will remain in Austin, Texas.The companies expect the deal to close in the second half of this year.

消息来源:译自雅虎新闻

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