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If there's another Amazon-efficient middleman that offers superior rates to publishers/manufacturers at equal price/service to consumers, Amazon is as dead as B
by ISL 13y ago
If there's another Amazon-efficient middleman that offers superior rates to publishers/manufacturers at equal price/service to consumers, Amazon is as dead as Books-A-Million.
Amazon's retail key is its unmatched distribution network. If someone can duplicate it, they'll eventually have half of the market.
- the_watcher 13y agoLuckily for Amazon, matching their distribution and logistics power is a billion dollar investment that will take someone like Bezos (willing to spend whatever it takes to hit his goal).
- ivv 13y agoCould that be a business model for the US Postal Service?