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Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by ghaff on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:28PM (#13441346)
Zappos is an Amazon subsidiary even if it does operate quasi-independently (and quirkily from a management perspective). It looks a lot more like Amazon though with generally far less emphasis on building out infrastructure. Ultimately it's sort of a niche because of the nature of selling shoes online.
Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by andrewprock on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:58PM (#13441646)
Zappos is now an Amazon subsidiary. It grew sustainably for a decade before Amazon acquired it.
Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by ghaff on Thursday January 19, 2017 @11:22PM (#13441710)
Yes. In many ways they grew more in the vein of many traditional mail order catalogs than Amazon.