E3: Amazon Empire

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🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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0:00.0	This is Episode 3 of the audio version of Frontlines Amazon Empire,
0:04.8	the rise and reign of Jeff Bezos.
0:08.0	It's great to be here at Amazon!
0:10.0	CHEERING
0:13.0	Amazon would thrive during the Obama years,
0:16.0	and eventually account for nearly 40% of all online commerce in the country.
0:21.0	Last year during the busiest day of the Christmas rush,
0:25.0	customers around the world ordered more than 300 items
0:29.0	from Amazon every second.
0:32.0	But the complaints about its tactics would continue,
0:35.0	with retailers of all kinds concerned that Amazon had become
0:39.0	the online shopping gatekeeper.
0:41.0	Former seller on Amazon, Jason Boyce.
0:43.0	You've got to be on Amazon.
0:45.0	You have to be there because that's where everyone is.
0:48.0	That 100 million prime subscribers.
0:52.0	They are the de facto e-commerce channel in the United States.
0:55.0	Period. End of list.
0:57.0	correspondent James DeCoby.
0:59.0	Amazon executives told us that there are many other options out there.
1:04.0	There is Walmart. There is Alibaba.
1:06.0	As a seller, you've got options.
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