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Re:Why Amazon Has No Profits and Why It Works by WalterBright on Friday September 05, 2014 @03:33PM (#8275852)
Market share isn't the same thing as market size. The point being, SO was losing to competitors.
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Re:Why Amazon Has No Profits and Why It Works by valarauca1 on Friday September 05, 2014 @04:07PM (#8276002)
Very true. From 1870 to 1890 SO was 90% of the oil market. By 1907 they were 68%.

Their main competition was from Russia oddly enough.

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