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Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by tajen on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @05:09PM (#12747673)
Given how much I've been burnt with that, I wish Amazon sales could plunge and become a study case for "what not to do" in management. Ideally we'd make it a verb: To amazonize your company = To drive it with so short-term metrics that you chip the credibility.
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Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by wpietri on Thursday October 20, 2016 @12:40AM (#12749766)
Alas, that behavior is so much part of American business culture that I can't imagine people noticing. Indeed, Amazon is famous for being more long-term than most. It's why they'll take big gambles, like Prime and Kindle.

That long-term thinking has let them get so far ahead of their competitors that even with experience quality declining, I'm sure they'll still do well for quite a while.

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