[Ads-l] Word: Amazonification

[Barretts Mail]

Interesting find! Given Amazon’s size, I would have thought this had been around for quite a while. 

Here are two hits for the verb Amazonify. 

https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Leadership_Lab/MLlwDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 <https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Leadership_Lab/MLlwDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0>
The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century, p 90
Chris Lewis, Pippa Malmgren 
2018

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How we have become 'Amazonified'
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https://medium.com/@jacobgottlieb44/how-amazon-plans-to-amazonify-whole-foods-6ec0f32041f0 <https://medium.com/@jacobgottlieb44/how-amazon-plans-to-amazonify-whole-foods-6ec0f32041f0>
How Amazon Plans to Amazonify Whole Foods
Jacob Gottlieb
Jul 31, 2018

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos would be “Amazonifying” Whole Foods while he reduces prices of items that most people want.
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Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
Formerly of Seattle, WA

> On 2 Mar 2022, at 02:21, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Source: New York Times
> Article: Here Comes the Full Amazonification of Whole Foods
> Author: Cecilia Kang
> Date: Feb 28, 2022
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> More than four years ago, Amazon bought Whole Foods for $13 billion.
> Now the Amazonification of the grocery chain is physically complete,
> as showcased by the revamped Whole Foods store in Glover Park.
> ...
> The technology, known as Just Walk Out, consists of hundreds of
> cameras with a God’s-eye view of customers. Sensors are placed under
> each apple, carton of oatmeal and boule of multigrain bread. Behind
> the scenes, deep-learning software analyzes the shopping activity to
> detect patterns and increase the accuracy of its charges.
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Garson
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