The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy are astonishing—Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5 bn.

数字经济巨头们的力量和雄心令人震惊——亚马逊刚刚宣布以135亿美元的价格收购高档食品连锁超市 Whole Foods。

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He took over a grocery chain.

他接管了一家食品杂货连锁企业。

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The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy are astonishing—Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.

数字经济巨头们的力量和雄心令人震惊——亚马逊刚刚宣布以13美元的价格收购高档连锁超市 Whole Foods 。

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More recently, Whole Foods closed on the purchase of the Harry's Farmers Market grocery chain.

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John Lewis, which also owns Waitrose, a posh grocery chain, seems to bear this out.

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Aggressively expanding in the U.K. and U.S. Plus an 11% stake in Boise, Idaho-based Albertson's grocery chain.

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