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what a paradox, compared with the 'amazon - best season ever' article...

• gruseom 18y ago
  Nicely framed by the Fred Wilson post that's also on the front page right now: This downturn will be marked in history as the time where many of the business models built in the industrial era finally collapsed as a result of being undermined by the information age. Its [sic] creative destruction at work.
  • abl 18y ago
    Looks like everyone spins it as they like it! I'd like to see someone release some hard numbers and apples-to-apples comparisons
• timr 18y ago
  Amazon said that they had more orders; they didn't say what those orders were, and more notably, they didn't give estimates on revenue for the holiday season. Amazon may end up doing well this holiday, but I wouldn't ring the death knell for traditional retailing based on a press release.
  • fallentimes 18y ago
    Or profits. They might have had to discount heavily to attract sales at the expense of beloved profit margins.