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0 pointsan_opabinia5y ago0 comments

> a 30-40% return rate would make one's business unviable at best and bankrupt at worst.

Amazon's retail business has poor profitability.

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"Amazon's" Retail Business is great. They have third parties supply most of the inventory and take most of the risk. And then they collect the metrics and make their own knock-offs of the clear winners.

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0 pointsan_opabinia5y ago0 comments

> a 30-40% return rate would make one's business unviable at best and bankrupt at worst.

Amazon's retail business has poor profitability.

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CodeWriter235y ago

"Amazon's" Retail Business is great. They have third parties supply most of the inventory and take most of the risk. And then they collect the metrics and make their own knock-offs of the clear winners.

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