After almost three decades of rapid expansion, disruption and transformation, Jeff Bezos will finish his run as chief executive of Amazon next week
What comes next for the company? thetimes.co.uk/article/what-t…
What comes next for the company? thetimes.co.uk/article/what-t…
Amazon now has more than 200 million Prime subscribers, more than 100 million smart home devices are connected to its Alexa voice assistant and users are estimated to have spent more than $10 billion during the company’s latest annual sale day last month
Industry analysts question the sustainability of this trajectory 📈
“There are obviously limits to the Prime membership penetration,” GlobalData Retail’s Neil Saunders says. “It’s not conceivable that that will continue to grow…you’ll just run out of people who are interested”
“There are obviously limits to the Prime membership penetration,” GlobalData Retail’s Neil Saunders says. “It’s not conceivable that that will continue to grow…you’ll just run out of people who are interested”
Yet this may not be an issue for Amazon
Away from consumers, it already obtains half its operating profits, and arguably more power, by selling services to other companies
Away from consumers, it already obtains half its operating profits, and arguably more power, by selling services to other companies
Andy Jassy, soon to succeed Bezos as the group’s chief executive, has spent the best part of two decades building Amazon Web Services, which controls about a third of the lucrative cloud computing market
Amazon, underpinned by a relentless drive for dominance, is well used to vying with competitors
Many believe however that the biggest threat on its horizon is posed not by rivals but by regulation ⚖️
Many believe however that the biggest threat on its horizon is posed not by rivals but by regulation ⚖️
The House of Representatives judiciary committee recently approved a proposed legislative crackdown on technology companies both running a platform and using it to sell their own products and services
thetimes.co.uk/article/us-con…
thetimes.co.uk/article/us-con…
This rising political and regulatory interest in Amazon is not confined to the US.
Watchdogs in Britain, Europe and India are among those sharpening their scrutiny of the company
Watchdogs in Britain, Europe and India are among those sharpening their scrutiny of the company
Pressure is also growing internally 👷♂️👷♀️👷♂️
As Amazon's workforce continues to swell, efforts to mobilise are multiplying. Teamsters, one of America’s leading trade unions, recently voted to hold a nationwide push to take on the company
As Amazon's workforce continues to swell, efforts to mobilise are multiplying. Teamsters, one of America’s leading trade unions, recently voted to hold a nationwide push to take on the company
Bezos' successor Jassy — braced for challenges from governments, competitors, and even within Amazon’s own workforce — faces the difficult challenge of staving off a new dawn
One outside of the company's control thetimes.co.uk/article/what-t…
One outside of the company's control thetimes.co.uk/article/what-t…
In February Amazon’s founder reassured staff that it remained Day 1, despite the transition
“Day 2 is stasis,” he had warned a few years earlier, “followed by irrelevance, followed by an excruciating, painful decline, followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1.”
“Day 2 is stasis,” he had warned a few years earlier, “followed by irrelevance, followed by an excruciating, painful decline, followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1.”
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