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Ask HN: Any startup standing against Amazon?
More specifically, is there a challenger in USA against Amazon? While I'm sure Amazon people have worked hard to earn this stature, I hate monopolies (AMZN is 48% of retail business). Probably big corporates have already accepted their second rate position against this Goliath but is there any David still in making or worth supporting?
- dotcoma 8y agoCheck this out: https://github.com/open-source-ideas/open-source-ideas/issues/78 https://github.com/open-source-ideas/open-source-ideas/issue...
- n_t 8y agoYes, ~this post~ HN front page news about Nile is what prompted me to ask the question.
- smt88 8y agoWayfair, Walmart, BestBuy, Google, and Target are all working very hard to beat Amazon in their respective categories. They haven't "accepted" anything. Jet.com was a high-profile Amazon competitor that was acquired by Walmart a few years ago.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoI don't think I would consider those "start-ups"
- n_t 8y agoYes, I'm not convinced either. They are neither startups nor appear to be competing hard. Jet.com was probably only good challenger which ran for sometime but I dont know what's their status now.
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- smt88 8y agoI was arguing against the idea that Amazon is unchallenged. I wasn't calling those companies startups. There aren't/won't be many startups that compete with Amazon as a general retailer because it would take unthinkable amounts of time and money to have access to the inventory they have. It's like asking if there are any oil startups challening Exxon.
- heinrichf 8y agoBloomberg last week: This No-Brand Startup Won $240 Million to Fight Amazon on Price and Quality https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/brandless-is-battling-amazon-with-240-million-from-softbank https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/brandless...
- n_t 8y ago"And what about the $800 billion gorilla in Seattle? “It could crush them,” Kodali says." Great!! now this is the spirit of startup.
- whb07 8y agoWhere were you when Walmart was the worst monopolist in town? Before that it was Kmart, then Sears. This is an overplayed tune.
- n_t 8y agoProbably was not anywhere :) But that now that I am here, I am willing to support AMZN's competition, and Tesla's and Google's ...