Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months

Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by citizenpaul on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:24PM (#25239357)

You underestimate how many people either like or are fine with shitty tea. My parents still drink folders coffee (yuck). I've never bought Folgers yet look at the store shelf, there are generally 2 or 3 shelves dedicated to only Folgers.

We are part of the ultra customized product generation or I think the marketing calls it the "Jeans" generation of shopping. It used to be levi's only. Now even old navy has at least a dozen various on cut let alone style.

Philips sucks but what sucks worse is mixing screw types in an already built product/house. People still need them.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by dheera on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:33PM (#25239432)

Well, times are changing, an increasing number of people are NOT okay with shitty tea, people are discovering better things online, which is why they are losing business to online sellers like Amazon.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by pixl97 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @02:36PM (#25239868)

And how is the store supposed to carry 50 different brands of tea catered to the 5 bags that you buy once a month?

They are losing business because there is no route to competition on a local level.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by dheera on Saturday November 28, 2020 @05:25PM (#25241067)

They don't need to carry 50 different brands, they just need to carry a selection of a few good things. Just get rid of all the shit brands.

Trader Joe's has an excellent model that keeps me going there. A huge amount of their stuff is decent and interesting. Although I can't vouch for their tea they have plenty of stuff that is original and well-priced that you can't find online easily.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by pixl97 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @09:00AM (#25245127)

Tj's also targets wealthy clientele, not the average shopper. The difference in your cart between them in Walmart at the end of the day is huge. I too would rather shop at Joe's, but its likely both your and my income is significantly higher than most Americans simply because we are on HN. We are not a good measure on what stores should cater for.

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