# Professor Nicholas Economides explains why he believes Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods is not an antitrust violation

1 Faculty News June 16, 2017 ![USA Today logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027308.jpg?itok=crstnihK)>

Excerpt from [USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/16/amazon-buy-whole-foods-market-137-billion/102912266/) -- "'If you look at the whole grocery world, Amazon is a relatively small player, as is Whole Foods. I don't see any red flags on antitrust grounds,' said [Nicholas Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides), a mergers and acquisitions professor at New York University’s business school."

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