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Amazon's acquisition of Kiva is one of the best examples of vertical integration in the e-commerce industry.

The article reminded me of acquisitions in the Gilded Age. Perhaps one could compare Bezos to Rockefeller, presuming Bezos was the one who pushed for such purchases.

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For anyone yet to read the article who is initially confused (as I was), besides the Kiva you might know from microlending, there's also a Kiva who make industrial robots for warehouses. As per the article, Amazon bought the latter Kiva and forced competitors to turn to alternatives that were yet to be developed.

Thanks for that, I was initially "lost in the sauce" as it were.

Bezos is no Rockefeller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller#Philanthro...

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