I can't remember the last time I bought something from Radio Shack.
I remember when I used to deliver to them though. That's when I was "ninja" good with my hand truck during Christmas
What's happening with Amazon??
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I can't remember the last time I bought something from Radio Shack.
I remember when I used to deliver to them though. That's when I was "ninja" good with my hand truck during Christmas
Could it also be a residential delivery hub as well?
Brownslave688
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Yeah
Sprint is supposed to buy a bunch of the stores and that would actually make some sense.
yeah. Amazon isn't buying those stores. They dont want anything to do with a physical store.
Sprint is supposed to buy a bunch of the stores and that would actually make some sense.
MAKAVELI
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Actually it does makes sense for Amazon.
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-03/why-amazon-covets-radio-shack-s-stores
Sprint is looking at 1/4 of the stores, Amazon is rumored (like Sprint) to be interested to.
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Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Lol to sell their phones and tablets. I had not thought of that. I see that as an epic fail.
MAKAVELI
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I doubt those will be the last products they develop. Not every product will be a success, that's just the nature of the business. But it does seem that Amazon doesn't have a fear of failure or a lack of new ideas.
Brownslave688
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Which will be their downfall.
A successful business finds what they do good and they sell the hell out of it.
Amazon has been throwing investors money at everything for a decade trying to figure out what it is they do good. They haven't found it yet.
MAKAVELI
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Well major investors seem to think otherwise.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/genemar...belittle-amazon-coms-spectacular-performance/
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
You see that's why they are spending the money though. To try and find something anything that gives them a good margin.
Amazons core business (retail) will never give them the profit margins to justify the stock price. They wish they were Google or facebook and all they had to do was sell ads and have massive profit margins.
They may figure it out eventually. The problem will be if one day before they get there the investors turn on them.
Amazon is an anomaly in the market place. Take facebook for example. They have been growing massively for 10-15 years. This whole time promising investors they would see a return on their investment. What would happen if 5 years after they went public facebook still only had marginal profits here and there? They would fold like nobody's business.
I'm gonna need to see about two more years of quarters like this one before I would believe in them. If that means I miss out on huge growth so be it. I doubled my money the last 20 months I should be ok.
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FrigidAdCorrector
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You don't even need a lobbyist to get tax breaks. Most of the low tax rates aren't even that. It's all about where you earn your money. Companies like Apple have a subsidiary in Ireland. All the profits they earn in Europe go to that subsidiary. Since there is no corporate tax there they keep all their money. A massive chunk of Apple's cash is actually in Ireland. They can't bring it back without taking a massive tax hit.
They're good at retail and surprisingly hosting websites. I read an article a couple years back and was shocked to see how many popular websites are hosted on Amazon servers. They found what they're good at, they just want to be the new google.
oldngray
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There are reasons Amazon would not want to buy Radio Shack stores also. Online retailers can usually dodge state sales tax if they have no brick and mortar stores in that state.The benefits of small retail outlets would be offset by the disadvantages in my opinion.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
I can tell you right now awhile back Amazon looked at the alibaba business model and were like SMH why didn't we think of that?
States in many cases have put an end to it, that is why they are building more regional warehouses. The $$$ in tax, now are saved in shorter shipping distances.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Right, something like this:
http://consumerist.com/2015/02/04/amazon-has-already-opened-its-first-offline-store-sort-of/
Prettiest darn pickup place ever.
http://consumerist.com/2015/02/04/amazon-has-already-opened-its-first-offline-store-sort-of/
Prettiest darn pickup place ever.
SignificantOwner
A Package Center Manager
Hope you sold.
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