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Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by toasterlovin »

Analemma_ wrote: post #14
toasterlovin wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, Amazon isn't measured against some platonic ideal of what an online retailer could be. They are measured against their competition. And, as far as I can tell, there is no credible competition.

I've been using Whole Foods app for grocery delivery for a little while, and I tried using the QFC one the other day, figuring Amazon needed some competition. It was a complete joke. Half the items in the store said they were only available for pickup, not delivery (why?), and there was no way to filter for delivery items only. And then even when I filled my cart, when I went to check out it removed half the items in…

FWIW, I'm optimistic that the grocery stores will get better. We use the Fred Meyer app to schedule grocery pickup (Fred Meyer is a grocery chain owned by Kroger, like QFC). They have consistently improved the app and the pickup experience. I think the key to any real competition for Amazon is some high ranking exec being measured by the right KPI. From what I've seen, it seems like that process is well under way at Kroger. But they're coming from way behind, so I think it'll take a while.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by elsewhen »

Analemma_ wrote: post #14
toasterlovin wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, Amazon isn't measured against some platonic ideal of what an online retailer could be. They are measured against their competition. And, as far as I can tell, there is no credible competition.

I've been using Whole Foods app for grocery delivery for a little while, and I tried using the QFC one the other day, figuring Amazon needed some competition. It was a complete joke. Half the items in the store said they were only available for pickup, not delivery (why?), and there was no way to filter for delivery items only. And then even when I filled my cart, when I went to check out it removed half the items in…

FYI Whole Foods is wholly owned by amazon.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by Analemma_ »

elsewhen wrote: post #72
Analemma_ wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using Whole Foods app for grocery delivery for a little while, and I tried using the QFC one the other day, figuring Amazon needed some competition. It was a complete joke. Half the items in the store said they were only available for pickup, not delivery (why?), and there was no way to filter for delivery items only. And then even when I filled my cart, when I went to check out it removed half the items in…

FYI Whole Foods is wholly owned by amazon.

I know, that was my point.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by unethical_ban »

bedhead wrote: post #42
unethical_ban wrote: post #36

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The fact that amazon sucks as a place to get reputable items or find brand-specific stuff, and that they are rolling in money, should show several things: * They still satisfy consumer demand "enough" * They don't have enough competition in enough spaces * They can suck at some things, be good at others, and make money

Feel free to provide basis for any of these claims.

This isn't an academic journal, and none of those opinions are that hard to rationalize. Points 1 and 2 are assertions and point 3 is self-evident.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by Pfhreak »

aka1234 wrote: post #62
Pfhreak wrote: post #18

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Not to mention their treatment of workers, whether it's in the warehouse or the ip restrictions on white collar employees.

What IP restrictions? Must be different in other orgs. But I've never run into any IP restriction whatsoever.

Search for the Game Development Policy for an example. You cannot develop games in your spare time with friends.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by deelowe »

jdm2212 wrote: post #19
deelowe wrote: post #12

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Probably referring to the media reports about either the warehouse worker complaints or internal corporate politics.

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for clarifying. Those reports struck me more as "normal big company issues" than "shit show" but maybe I'm a bit jaded.

They seem to be a bit sensationalized, but with the way news media works these days, everything is. So, it's hard to know what's real and what isn't these days.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by ng12 »

WhyKill wrote: post #13

Amazon sucks now. I can't buy most of the specific items I use in my work, and when I do find something it's swimming in a sea of clone crap. The best thing it does still is books. Anything else is a mizxed bag. AMZ is just Ali Baba for people who can't wait for the ship.

Agreed. I've had so many problems in the last few months. An incredibly lazy fake that was "Sold by Amazon", a book with water damage in pristine packaging, and food items that had gone stale.

I order everything from Walmart now.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by justicezyx »

Not sure why comments change to the degrading quality of Amazon retail.

The article is pretty obvious. The CEO needs to always focus on the most critical matter. Sometime it's long-term strategic investment, like Alexa. Some other time, it's a ongoing emergency that will have profound long-term impact.

And Mr. Bezos is doing the right thing to align the company right now.

Re: Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon

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Post by hitpointdrew »

sytelus wrote: post #4

This is quite significant given market is very bullish on Amazon (Goldman is just all over it). The expectations are set sky high to do well during these times. But if you look at things as consumer, it doesn't look so good. Personally, I've significantly less orders on Amazon these days because of huge delivery times. Sure, orders for "essentials" might have gone up but can that offset the gap? Also, sellers are ver…

Amazon is more than just amazon.com. AWS is a behemoth all on its own. While everything about AWS isn't amazing, it does a lot of things well, which is why they are one of the leaders in that space with a dominate market share of 33%. I don't know if Amazon breaks out profits from AWS in their financial reports or not, but I would venture AWS is probably their biggest cash cow. I bet Amazon.com could bleed money year-after-year and AWS alone would still make Amazon one of the most profitable companies.

Source on market share: https://www.parkmycloud.com/blog/aws-vs-azure-vs-google-clou...

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