Compared to brick and mortar retail, yes. Compared to things like Dropship or the massive use of 3rd party logistics owned warehouses are a high fix cost item.
Re:Amazon as experiment
by scarface74 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:30AM
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Retail - warehouses and warehouse workers and automation.
Re:Amazon as experiment
by mensetmanusman on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:24PM
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Those costs are lowering with automation, green energy/power, and autonomous transportation.
Re:Amazon as experiment
by scarface74 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @03:43PM
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Autonomous transportation - the same story that Uber and Lyft are saying as the savior for their businesses that will help them finally turn a profit.
What fixed costs are you referring to? It seems to me that almost their entire cost structure is variable and quite low, compared to competitors.