Tag Archives: Amazon.com

How Spotify looks like Amazon once did

Posted on June 19, 2017 by markkolier

As I thought about writing this post Amazon.com announced last Friday morning that it was making an offer to buy Whole Foods for more than $13B. I am thinking a lot about as to what kinds of changes Amazon might … Continue reading →

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Alibaba’s U.S. based online shops site 11main.com hangs in there. Why?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by markkolier

Not only do I have deep interest in all things Chinese, (or at least a lot of things Chinese) I also have a soft spot for a once and former client Alibaba.com. My experience with Alibaba was in helping them … Continue reading →

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Lending e-books should be easier

Posted on December 18, 2014 by markkolier

I recently finished a book called The Martian a debut novel by Andrew Weir and enjoyed it very much. In fact I told a number of people about it and many of them seemed interested. Before e-books I would have … Continue reading →

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Is Amazon too big to care?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by markkolier

The NY Times on Tuesday published an article on Amazon.com and the idea that the company works on ‘disrupting itself’. Scott Galloway of L2 is extensively quoted in the article ‘arguing’ that Amazon does not want to own a piece … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Apple – are they rivals or partners?

Posted on October 2, 2014 by markkolier

Aggravation: As of last week The Wall Street Journal application that resides on my ‘Original’ Amazon Kindle Fire is no longer is supported by Amazon.  I learned of this when last week I could no longer download the paper.   No … Continue reading →

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New from Amazon – WOOT!

Posted on July 24, 2014 by markkolier

Quietly last week on July 12, 2014 Amazon.com began promoting Woot.com.   I know this because I was ‘invited’ to join. Being curious I did just that. The home page offered what I felt was the burning question – ‘WHAT IS … Continue reading →

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The end of bookstores is NOT at hand

Posted on December 2, 2013 by markkolier

The New York Times story last week regarding bricks and mortar AND online bookstore Barnes and Noble  noted that The nation’s largest bookstore chain, Barnes & Noble said on Tuesday that its revenue decreased 8 percent, to $1.7 billion, in … Continue reading →

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Annoying Automated Algorithmic ‘Suggestions’

Posted on December 17, 2012 by markkolier

I’m not sure if Amazon.com was the first company to offer crowd-sourced algorithmic suggestions of books I might like to read based on my browsing and buying history but certainly Amazon was one of the first.  I’ve written about this … Continue reading →

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Ten things about advertising that make me wonder

Posted on December 23, 2011 by markkolier

Stuart Elliot of The New York Times writes the advertising column and periodically has 20 questions about advertising. I decided to come up with a few of my own. 1) Why are there ads in the subway with QR codes … Continue reading →

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A great example of how a website can get it right and then get it wrong

Posted on June 8, 2011 by markkolier

Since I am a busy person and am not much of a shopper (more the type of buyer that walks into a store to buy what he came for and then walks out), shopping on the web is a great … Continue reading →

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