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Amazon, Lifeline or Scourge For Retail-Starved, Rural Communities?

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amazon, amazon prime, Amazon Web Services, distribution facilities, economic development, fedex, free shipping, georgetown maine, jeff bezos, jeff bezos blue origin, logistics, rural, rural economic development, rural juror, sagadahoc county, shipping, ups, USPS, usps dejoy, warehouseing, westport maine, why is fedex so bad

Amazon is committed to a money-losing strategy to try and cop rural market share. But it’s not exactly a great deal for consumers, either. Looking at some examples from Maine and an example from California, we can learn a bit about the challenges facing retail in rural communities as well as how Amazon is (maybe) thinking about this issue.

Business & Economics

Trying To Bump Up Those Margins? Have You Considered… Stealing?

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amazon, amazon prime, AMZN, billionaires, copyright infringement, customer reviews, customer service, ecommerce, everyday sling, jeff bezos, litigation, millionaihs and billionaihs, peak design, peak design everyday sling, reviews, shopping, stealing, theft

Amazon has a long and sordid history of stealing the designs of companies that sell on its platform– and making their products themselves, to be sold at a lower price. One company decided to troll them in response.

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Streaming, Torrents, and Market Fragmentation: Will p2p Filesharing, Unlike The South, Rise Again?

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amazon, amazon prime, apple, downloading, DRM, film, itunes, market fragmentation, mp3, music, netflix, streaming, streaming services, torrents

Digital piracy has made a comeback in recent years as the market for content streaming becomes more crowded and more expensive, leading to serious questions about the long-term sustainability of the sector.