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Old 10-16-2014, 10:41 AM   #1
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BBC Magazine Article on Amazon
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Old 10-16-2014, 11:15 AM   #2
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Old 10-16-2014, 11:23 AM   #3
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Did you think the Prof was made up?

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Old 10-16-2014, 11:32 AM   #4
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I just finished it. I side with the second half of the article. Overall, Amazon has been making the right moves leading them to success. As to their evil tactics against suppliers and competitors, they're no different than any other large corporation that can leverage their size for better terms.
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Might need to take it to the vet.
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That warehouse in the photo is super large.
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Looks like the warehouse from "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

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"It ploughs its profits into price cuts and innovation rather than putting them in the hands of its investors."

All figures I've seen from Amazon so far clearly indicate tiny margins.
They clearly opt for market share before short-term profits.
So, in my opinion, it's the other way around. They don't plough their profits into price cuts. They need the price cuts to get some minor margin at all.
Question to me really is, how long they can survive with minimum margin and at what stage they have to deliver shareholder value. Same is true for Facebook and the likes, of course.
BTW: Personally, I'm a fan of Amazon's business model, whereas I can't see any business model at all in Facebook.
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