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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by shimon on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:52PM (#31782661)
This actually seems like a structural weakness in cloud, where so much of revenue comes from the relatively few customers who are very deep in their usage. On the other hand, you can usually rely on close relationships with those customers to identify their significant needs. However, it might be harden to implement them without the bench of deeply knowledgeable engineers.
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:58PM (#31782731)
It seems unlikely to me that this analysis applies to amzn's retail division.
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by pacoWebConsult on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:35PM (#31783182)
If you spend any time reading their retail forums [1], you'll see almost everyone lambasting Amazon constantly. Either disgruntled sellers who broke the rules and got terminated, or normal, hardworking mom-and-pop stores that were all but forced to sell on Amazon and consistently lose money due to amazon's ever-changing policies, poor support, and catering to large retailers. Large retailers get a direct line and quality support, while most sellers on Amazon get treated like crap.

[1]: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:31PM (#31785816)
The GP claim was

> where so much of revenue comes from the relatively few customers who are very deep in their usage.

I'm disputing that for retail.

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by renonce on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:21PM (#31787018)
If you view the sellers rather than the buyers as customers, then you’ll see that it is the case.
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by baxtr on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:20PM (#31783759)
Or maybe it’s just a tiny fraction of those millions of sellers on their platform?
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by jhugo on Saturday June 18, 2022 @02:13AM (#31787601)
Who would bother writing on these forums unless they have an axe to grind?
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