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Ford doesn't own the overwhelmingly pervasive marketplace in which all cars, including theirs, are sold.
by eropple 7y ago
Ford doesn't own the overwhelmingly pervasive marketplace in which all cars, including theirs, are sold.
- ng7j5d9 7y agoAmazon doesn't own the overwhelmingly pervasive marketplace in which all retail products, including theirs, are sold. They do own a website that accounts for something like 4% of retail sales.
- pimlottc 7y ago4% of total retail sales, yes, but for online sales, it’s over 37%. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/emarketer-cuts-estimate-of-amazon-s-u-s-online-market-share https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/emarketer...
- jdminhbg 7y ago37% isn't "overwhelmingly pervasive" either.
- uoaei 7y agoSurely you're joking. That is utterly dominant. Market-shaping, even.
- jdminhbg 7y agoThe post above describes a hypothetical universe where Ford sells "all cars," not "one out of three cars." And not "one out of three cars, sold via one particular channel that accounts for a small minority of cars sold."
- _verandaguy 7y agoA single website owning 4% of retail sales is immense. Also, is that 4% by number of items sold, or by total sale value as a fraction of total market transaction value?
- r-w 7y agoThat’s a nice number you have there. Here’s another one: 50% of all e-commerce in the entire United States.