is amazon a conglomerate 
amazon amzn doesn t describe itself as a conglomerate and some business journalists and analysts agree they feel it doesn t fit the traditional model of a sprawling corporate empire populated by diverse independently operating acquired companies 16in the last decade amazon has bought a variety of businesses some of them fairly far afield from its roots as an online bookseller major acquisitions include whole foods groceries kiva systems robotics pillpack pharmacy twitch interactive video games and the pending mgm films tv programs still ecommerce and digital property activities remain a unifying theme in most of its purchases and amazon works hard to bring newcomers into the fold you can order whole foods deliveries on the amazon site perhaps the way to think of amazon is as a 21st century corporate giant or as the new york times put it one of these new economy conglomerates 17