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Advantage: Amazon

September 11th, 2008

Sometimes being the biggest really is the best competitive advantage.

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Article excerpt:   Acing the competition with free shipping, low prices, broad selection and new technology, Amazon is growing faster than e-commerce as a whole. How can other online retailers stay in the game? Amazon.com Inc., already the dominant online retailer with more than double the [...]

Guessing the Online Customer’s Next Want

May 27th, 2008

Anyone had the experience of having Amazon recommend products for you based on gifts that you bought for someone else?  I personally have long awaited a better, more controlled, and more personalized way to get recommendations. 

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Article excerpt:  Among online retailers, pushing customers toward other products they might want is a common practice. Both Amazon [...]

2 Articles: Friends help Amazon.com create product recommendations & Newegg mixes it up more with its customers

April 29th, 2008

Product recommendations or just letting consumers share? These two e-tailers are taking consumer comments to a new level, but which approach is better?

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Amazon article excerpt: E-retailers that generate product recommendations for customers do so based on customers’ past purchases and web site behavior, such as the types of products they view. But how to [...]

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