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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by rogerbinns on Thursday September 15, 2016 @03:49PM (#12509242)
I'll bite. How about for every incremental $1 in ecommerce spending, Amazon gets about 50 cents? And (roughly speaking) many new startups start out and grow on AWS providing new revenue as well as valuable intelligence.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-will-account-for-mor...

https://stratechery.com/2016/the-amazon-tax/

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Re:The rise of the corporate colossus is a giant problem by sharemywin on Thursday September 15, 2016 @04:13PM (#12509443)
Online sales in the United States are expected to reach $523 billion in the next five years, up 56% from $335 billion in 2015, and mobile devices are expected to be a key driver in that growth, Forrester Research Inc. says.

https://www.internetretailer.com/2016/01/29/online-sales-wil...

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