Where the Money Is 08.19.2014
Industry Focus
The Motley Fool
4.6 • 854 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2014
⏱️ 15 minutes
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We take a in depth look at Amazon, from where the company has been and where it may be going.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Fool's Nathan Hamilton here. Special edition of Where the Money is. Today we're going to be talking a company that spans both consumer goods and technology, Amazon. |
| 0:14.0 | The, yeah, so we're talking about Amazon today, mostly because they're not only one of the largest and most popular e-commerce websites in the country, but they're also becoming |
| 0:24.8 | increasingly disruptive in the technological world. And of course there's also |
| 0:28.5 | the drone thing, so that's also really important. Yeah, it makes headlines. |
| 0:32.0 | A little bit. Or 60 minutes, put it makes headlines. A little bit. |
| 0:33.4 | Or 60 minutes, put it that way. |
| 0:34.4 | Assuming the FAA gives them approvals, but we'll see. |
| 0:37.8 | Yeah, I think it's 2015 or 2016 that they're looking for it. |
| 0:41.4 | Oh my God. |
| 0:42.0 | Do you think we're actually going to get things delivered |
| 0:44.6 | to our balcony here at the headquarters? |
| 0:46.5 | I think it's absolutely something that's going to happen. |
| 0:48.6 | I mean, right now, if you think in 2014, 2015, it just seems like a crazy idea. |
| 0:55.0 | Right. But Amazon's already doing same day delivery and a lot of different metro areas. |
| 1:00.0 | In fact, what was it a week or two ago? |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, in the DC metro area? Yeah, I'm a D.C. metro. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah, to D.C. as well. |
| 1:05.0 | And I know, you know, being a prime member myself, |
| 1:08.0 | when you do even have a product shipped to you, |
| 1:12.0 | they may say two days, but sometimes it's even |
| 1:14.0 | showing up quicker. So they're definitely working on this sort of, I guess, under-promise |
| 1:19.3 | over-deliver. For sure. And ultimately in the future, I think you you're definitely whether it's going to be |
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