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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by hasmanean on Friday July 30, 2021 @09:45PM (#28014461)
Both of them pay low wages but retail stores have to pay rent for their facilities. Amazon doesn’t.
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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by gruez on Friday July 30, 2021 @10:07PM (#28014576)
>Amazon doesn’t.

They need warehouse space though.

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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by hasmanean on Friday August 13, 2021 @08:13AM (#28167946)
I doubt they rent their warehouses.

And they build them out in the middle of nowhere where land is cheap to buy.

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