Amazon's most expensive acquisitions 2018
This statistic shows the most expensive acquisitions of Amazon as of June 2018. In March 2017, the retail platform acquired Dubai-based Souq.com for 580 million U.S. dollars. Amazon acquired social gaming video platform Twitch for 970 million U.S. dollars in August 2014. Amazon's most expensive acquisition to date was grocery retailer Whole Foods Market in June 2017 for 13.7 billion U.S. dollars. This acquisition was a move to expand the company's online grocery business, one of the fastest growing online shopping trends in the United States.
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CB Insights. (June 28, 2018). Most expensive acquisitions by Amazon as of June 2018 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 21, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/192309/price-of-selected-acquisitions-by-amazon-since-1999/
CB Insights. "Most expensive acquisitions by Amazon as of June 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 28, 2018. Statista. Accessed October 21, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/192309/price-of-selected-acquisitions-by-amazon-since-1999/
CB Insights. (2018). Most expensive acquisitions by Amazon as of June 2018 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 21, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/192309/price-of-selected-acquisitions-by-amazon-since-1999/
CB Insights. "Most Expensive Acquisitions by Amazon as of June 2018 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/192309/price-of-selected-acquisitions-by-amazon-since-1999/
CB Insights, Most expensive acquisitions by Amazon as of June 2018 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/192309/price-of-selected-acquisitions-by-amazon-since-1999/ (last visited October 21, 2019)