America retailers are using legal clauses in their lease agreements to restrict the operation of Whole Foods Market , now owned by Amazon . For a graphic, click tmsnrt.rs/2yAt3nu Target is not alone in placing limits on Amazon. In locations across US , shopping centres are reported to have given large retailers legal rights to restrict the operation of competitors. Many are now seeking to limit Amazon , over concerns that their business will be eroded by Whole Foods , which bought the chain in July . 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.
America retailers are using legal clauses in their lease agreements to restrict the operation of Whole Foods Market , now owned by Amazon . In locations across US , shopping centres are reported to have given large retailers legal rights to restrict the operation of competitors. Many are now seeking to limit Amazon , over concerns that their business will be eroded by Whole Foods , which bought the chain in July . 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.