I think that's all perfectly healthy competition and I'm glad that the super-market offers cut-rate, easily-substituted products on the shelves that they own.
If that is good, how is what Amazon doing so different as to be bad?
I think that's all perfectly healthy competition and I'm glad that the super-market offers cut-rate, easily-substituted products on the shelves that they own.
If that is good, how is what Amazon doing so different as to be bad?
Being too big and powerful. I want to say here that if there were as many Amazons as there are grocery stores, it wouldn't be bad at all. Instead, since Kroger is about to buy Albertson's and consolidation in retail and services continues, grocery store brands should have the same questions to answer as Amazon. Hypothetically, assuming we had governments that were concerned about these issues as anything other than an opening to solicit cash from lobbyists or something to be promised during a campaign.
In the UK, there is choice between: Asda, Tesco, Morrissons, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, M&S
Who competes with Amazon? (Ebay?)
The fundamental problem with Amazon is as with Standard Oil when they bought the railway companies. Amazon marketplace & Amazon warehouse/delivery/logistics should not be one company.
There is a massive opportunity for a new marketplace to compete with Amazon; because Amazon has very little trust amongst both buyers and sellers alike - but where else is there?
Every online store that ships to your doorstep.
I'm sure the supermarket looks over their sales data to understand which products might be compelling for their shoppers and where the store could introduce a store-branded product with a compelling positioning. I support them doing that as well.