How about we have the governments break up Amazon instead ? I do not like the idea of one conglomerate (is this a congolomerate?) having influence on so many areas of my life.
Seems like Amazon is getting dangerously close to the Buy n Save (or whatever) corporation from Wall-E. The problem is no individual acquisition is suspect or bad for consumers.
Yeah, that and all of the defunct malls would field a good distribution channel in dense areas.
I don`t personally shop on the popular Chinese aggregate retail sites, but consumers going direct to the manufacturer may become a phenomenon here in the States as retail goes thru its next cycle.
Amazon giving customers a reason to let them broker every transaction for a fee has worked well up to now, but ordering direct has taken off with farm-to-door sales during the shelter in place orders.
Whats next?
I haven`t switched gears after reading this article yesterday, but cutting out the middle-corporation/man for larger retail purchases to capture additional saving is the level of loyalty Amazon is working with.
Once I was turned away from entering into the Amazon physical bookstore 15 minutes before closing. I thought OK, I’d just go to Barns & Noble. The problem is Amazon the company is not like Barns & Noble.
I’m afraid of the ever real chance that one day, for somethings, the only convenient place to shop is an Amazon store and they have the power to turn people away and we won’t be able to get the stuff we want or need elsewhere.
On a related note, it’s depressing to be in a Whole Foods with Amazon Flex. Seeing another person like me, carrying their daughter and shopping for another family, hurrying from one aisle to another, makes me not very hopeful for the world where Amazon takes its Amazon-ness to its logical end.
Certainly monopolies are something to fight against.
I'm not sure the examples are Amazon specific though. If Amazon disappeared tomorrow, stores would still have closing times and grocery delivery would still exist.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 66.0 ms ] threadI don`t personally shop on the popular Chinese aggregate retail sites, but consumers going direct to the manufacturer may become a phenomenon here in the States as retail goes thru its next cycle.
Amazon giving customers a reason to let them broker every transaction for a fee has worked well up to now, but ordering direct has taken off with farm-to-door sales during the shelter in place orders. Whats next?
I haven`t switched gears after reading this article yesterday, but cutting out the middle-corporation/man for larger retail purchases to capture additional saving is the level of loyalty Amazon is working with.
https://jalopnik.com/this-is-how-much-buying-the-cheapest-ne...
I’m afraid of the ever real chance that one day, for somethings, the only convenient place to shop is an Amazon store and they have the power to turn people away and we won’t be able to get the stuff we want or need elsewhere.
On a related note, it’s depressing to be in a Whole Foods with Amazon Flex. Seeing another person like me, carrying their daughter and shopping for another family, hurrying from one aisle to another, makes me not very hopeful for the world where Amazon takes its Amazon-ness to its logical end.
I'm not sure the examples are Amazon specific though. If Amazon disappeared tomorrow, stores would still have closing times and grocery delivery would still exist.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/amc-tv-company-stock-pop...