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Amazon’s Q1 – Whole Foods outperformed its market, Amazon.com didn’t

May 2, 2025

By Thomas Paulson, Head of Market Insights

Amazon’s Q1 results and guidance for Q2 reflect what we are broadly witnessing – relatively stable demand for goods, some pull-forward effects ahead of tariffs, and a lot of uncertainty. Including Leap Year, the North American retail business slowed about...

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Sprouts – distinctive merchandising delivers again

May 1, 2025

By Thomas Paulson, Head of Market Insights

Sprouts Farmers Market again produced stellar quarterly results; comp-sales increased +11.7% (vs. Advan’s estimate of +11.9%) and management guided Q2 for a 6.5% - 8.5% increase. We take that outlook to be “conservative” as Advan’s ML estimate is +8.8%,...