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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by Godel_unicode on Friday February 09, 2018 @04:53PM (#16344165)
> high of a barrier to entry to foster true competition.

The article is literally about true competition being attempted in a high-moat business.

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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by addicted on Friday February 09, 2018 @07:11PM (#16344946)
This isn't true competition. This is vertical integration.

Amazon isn't offering to deliver Walmart packages for a price.

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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by tcoff91 on Friday February 09, 2018 @08:12PM (#16345232)
Actually that's exactly what the article is about. Amazon has already had their own delivery drivers for a long time, they are now directly competing with UPS and FedEx by shipping packages for businesses that don't operate on Amazon's eCommerce platform.
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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by toomuchtodo on Friday February 09, 2018 @10:59PM (#16345788)
If Amazon loses money on each delivery to stoke its market share, Walmart should use it as its delivery service until Amazon has exhausted its foray into last mile logistics.
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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by Godel_unicode on Saturday February 10, 2018 @03:02AM (#16346418)
That's literally exactly what they're offering. This is directly competing with FedEx/UPS.

"...the new service will entail the online retail giant picking up packages from businesses and shipping them to consumers."""

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