- 1. Amazon extends Whole Foods discounts for Prime members
- 2. Uber to stop forcing sexual assault survivors into silent arbitration
- 3. Stocks struggle as new North Korea concerns surface
- 4. Novartis lawyer quits after uproar over Trump attorney contract
- 5. Fox settles nearly 20 workplace discrimination claims
1. Amazon extends Whole Foods discounts for Prime members
Amazon is launching a program in its Whole Foods supermarkets in Florida on Wednesday offering its Prime members 10 percent discounts on some sale items. The online retail giant plans to extend the program nationwide this summer. Prime members will have to put the Whole Foods app on their smartphones and enter their Amazon login to generate a code for Whole Foods cashiers to scan. The discounts mark a major new step toward integrating Amazon and Whole Foods by getting online Prime customers into brick-and-mortar stores. "They're probably trying to influence those people," said Bob Hetu, a retail industry analyst with Gartner, "but the question is, is 10 percent enough to do that?"
2. Uber to stop forcing sexual assault survivors into silent arbitration
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