A Bed Bath & Beyond store in lower Manhattan bars its next-door tenant - Whole Foods - from selling linens, bathroom items, housewares and frames, its memo of lease said. US retailers are using legal clauses in their lease agreements to restrict the operation of Whole Foods Market, now owned by Amazon. Photograph: Many are now seeking to limit Whole Foods, over concerns that their business will be eroded by Amazon, which bought the chain in August. Delivery lockers, where customers can pick up online Amazon orders of anything from books to electronics in Whole Foods shops, are a particular point of controversy.
US retailers are using legal clauses in their lease agreements to restrict the operation of Whole Foods Market, now owned by Amazon. Photograph: Many are now seeking to limit Whole Foods, over concerns that their business will be eroded by Amazon, which bought the chain in August. Delivery lockers, where customers can pick up online Amazon orders of anything from books to electronics in Whole Foods shops, are a particular point of controversy.