The Qtum project is poised for better things if the announcement that it will be offered through the Amazon Machine Image (AMI). The entry of a blockchain based outfit in to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) has created a lot of excitement and this could...
In the first quarter of 1998 number of Amazon’s customer accounts was a slightly above 2 million, it was an increase by the half in just three months, and mind-bending increase of 564 percent over the previous year, it took Amazon.com 27 months to serve...
Amazon, a globally huge company and the second biggest employer in the US alone. But how on earth did it get so big? Well, we have to go back all the way to 1994 to understand that. The guy that started all of it was...
Do you want to be an Amazon best seller? Well, everyone is an Amazon Best Seller. They have thousands of categories. Today I will teach you how to write a book and become the best-selling author of the New York Times. Some of you know...
This article talks about the problems with Amazon based on the new minimum wage law that was recently passed to increase minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour by Amazon. Since Amazon has to pay employees more, they are now looking to eliminate monthly bonuses...
If you haven’t heard of the Amazon Effect, then you haven’t been paying attention. Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer, as well as a major cloud service provider competing with Microsoft and Google. The so called “Amazon Effect” refers to the impact the digital...
The Amazon Rainforest extends over South America from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Andes Mountains in the west. It is home to the myriad species of fauna and flora, containing 50 percent of the world’s biodiversity. Numerous indigenous tribes live in the...
Amazon Inc. experiences a number of forces in its natural physical environment which hampers its smooth operation in the industry it operates in. Some of these forces include; climate, weather related events, and power/solar phenomenon. Amazon is an international company with presence in three continents,...
Costco has been immune from the Amazon threat because Costco “has built one of the most powerful retail models in the world upon compelling merchandising and pricing, and the power of its substantial membership fee annuity. ” According to Investopedia, the membership fees in 2016...
United Parcel Service (UPS) stock fell 7% year-to-date and 16% for the past six months. Investors fear that the Amazon’s (AMZN) push into the delivery space and the imminent global trade war might hurt UPS. Meanwhile, the company began testing smart lock technology in New...
INTRODUCTION Amazon is the world’s largest online retail giant. Jeff Bezos incorporated the company on July 1994, by launching website to the public a year later. The original name was to be “Cadabra”, but Jeff Bezos mistakenly heard it as “Cadaver.” The company before starting...
Amazon has developed as an American Multi National Company in E-Commerce because of embracing the most recent advancements in Customer Relationship Management and Information Management and mapping them to its general business methodology. The joining of these advancements has been the main impetus behind its...
Earlier this year Amazon became only the second company to reach a value of 1 trillion dollars which was only second to the tech giant that is Apple. This has made Jeff Bezos, its CEO the richest man alive with a value of around 160...
Adam Smith once described competition in a market economy as “the invisible hand” that guides the economy. For economic growth to occur, competition must be present. It pushes productivity, innovation, and high-quality. In the presence of competition, most firms focus on product differentiation, gaining market...
The launch of Amazon. com immediately started to have an impact on the way consumers purchased books. Since Waterstones was a Highstreet book shop they had to incur overheads such as ‘rents and rates to labour costs’ this made competing with Amazon and other e...
There are two major issues afflicting the prescription drug market. The first is costs for prescription drugs are skyrocketing at an unchecked rate. The second is the public’s inability to access correct information regarding their prescriptions’ relative efficacy, safety, and any potential side effects. To...
Consumers always are looking for the best price for the products that they are looking for, but they also what purchasing to be convenient. Amazon provides the unique opportunity for consumers to purchase a multitude of products from the comfort of their own homes, while...
Scott Galloway’s The Four explores the successes and developments of the “Four Horsemen” of the economy: Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook (p.2). Galloway provides unique insight into the numbers that these firms put up, and also attempts to spell out the factors that attributed to...
Amazon Incorporation (Inc.) is the international company based on e-commerce offering computing services, digital content, online retail, and consumer electronics including another local service such as groceries, personal care and daily deals (Amazon.co.uk, 2018). Amazon Company has now been operating in most of the parts...