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Last year Amazon.com had almost a billion dollars in net income. It's quite likely that they can afford to maintain their hands-off approach with regards to sub

Last year Amazon.com had almost a billion dollars in net income. It's quite likely that they can afford to maintain their hands-off approach with regards to subsidiaries, preserving Zappos' unique culture. edit: good catch BobbyH.

BobbyH 16y ago
To clarify, $24.5 billion was Amazon's revenue in 2009. Net income was only 3.7% of that, or $902 million.
- zaa 16y ago
  Only 902 million. What a shame. Sorry, could not resist this sarcasm spasm :-)