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Another Heavyweight Takes Aim at Amazon

By Andrew Tonner | More Articles
December 29, 2011 | Comments (4)

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which Andrew Tonner, technology editor and analyst, and Austin Smith, consumer-goods editor and analyst, discuss topics around the investing world.

Drawing ire with its tactics aimed at stealing share from traditional retailers, tech powerhouse Amazon.com seems poised to continue to cut into others' business. However, recently, several established tech firms rallied behind the retailers on whom they also depend for much of their business. Andrew talks about Amazon's tactics and the moves others have taken to stops its relentless advance.

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  • Report this Comment On December 30, 2011, at 12:32 AM, wolfman225 wrote:

    Hey, Truth. I posted much the same to one of Morgan's video "articles". He told me that TMF is in the process of developing an eBook based on the various interviews in the "Conversations" series. I hope they post the link soon. (It'll probably be another $0.99 Kindle download from Amazon, I think).

  • Report this Comment On December 30, 2011, at 1:11 AM, phoebe44 wrote:

    Not to mention your hearing impaired viewers - these videos are totally worthless to us -- I've written privately to ask for assistance with no response except more videos -- hmmmm.

  • Report this Comment On December 30, 2011, at 1:12 AM, phoebe44 wrote:

    At least close caption the videos for us, please

  • Report this Comment On December 30, 2011, at 8:27 AM, FBAFindsDotcom wrote:

    Hi guys - much respect to you, but I believe Amazon's promotion was just an incentive to users to gather pricing data so Amazon could use it for comparison. It's way too small of an incentive to get a tidalwave of shoppers out of stores. Brick and mortars have to adapt and find ways to compete, but Amazon isn't going to kill them off.

    -Jordan Malik

    Founder, FBAFinds.com

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