Author(s)

Houqing Yin

Corresponding Author

Houqing Yin

ABSTRACT

Since the 21st century, the process of economic globalization has accelerated the occurrence of various enterprise economic activities. Take the example of acquisitions, the number of occurrences in the world is increasing every year. Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods is undoubtedly one of the most successful cases of the 2010s, whether in terms of economic benefits or the subsequent development of the two. This research first introduces the basic information of Amazon and Whole Foods Supermarkets to explain the conditions and timing of mergers and acquisitions; secondly, this research analyses various financial indicators of Amazon after acquiring Whole Foods supermarkets and analyses this acquisition behaviour financial synergies brought to Amazon; finally this research elaborated on the operational synergies and management synergies brought by this acquisition.

KEYWORDS

Amazon, Whole Foods, Mergers and Acquisitions