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by djbebs 1433 days ago
If that's the case why are Amazon's competitors not as successful as Amazon?
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yurishimo 1433 days ago
Amazons competitors in America*

In Europe, Amazon has plenty of competitors found in regional companies (CoolBlue in NL/BE) and they seem to deliver within a day or two just fine.

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djbebs 1431 days ago
I live in europe, I tried smaller competitors. I refuse to buy from them as a result of the experience.

I never had trouble with Amazon

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specialist 1433 days ago
Initially, Amazon benefitted from lower cost of capital. Because of tax holiday and persuading Wall St to prefer (long term) growth over (short term) profitability.

Now, AWS prints money, fueling Amazon's entry into new markets.

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