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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by orbifold on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @06:57AM (#18663144)
They made no or almost no profit with their retail business for years, that was the only way they could expand so quickly.
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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by jsjohnst on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:03AM (#18664991)
Taking no profits in retail was a very intentional decision they made. Bezos has talked publicly at length about it.
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