E-Commerce
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Apple Earnings, Shopify Earnings
Apple’s earnings were fine, with a notable Services spike — is it from Google? Then, Shopify is back to the basics, and looking good for it.
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Amazon Earnings, The Logistics Virtuous Cycle, Amazon Aggregator Ads
Amazon’s cloud business doesn’t seem to have AI lift yet, but it’s early; then Amazon’s virtuous cycle in logistics ultimately is paid off with ads.
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FTC Sues Amazon
The FTC is suing Amazon, and some of the complaints are compelling, but ultimately not convincing.
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Instacart IPO, Instacart Conflict, Arm’s IPO Pop
Instacart is two different companies in one: the tech company is dependent on but in some respects in conflict with the logistics one. Then, ARM pops.
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Amazon and Shopify, Shopify and Its Merchants, The Payments Question
Shopify and Amazon have finally made a deal over Buy with Prime; everyone is a winner, but it may have been Amazon that wanted it more.
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Friction Follow-Up, Databricks Acquires MosaicML
More on the trade-offs (and benefits) of Amazon’s scale, and initial reactions to Databricks’ acquisition of MosaicML.
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Amazon, Friction, and the FTC
The FTC’s Amazon complaint raises some fair points in isolation, but misses the bigger picture, both in terms of Amazon specifically and the Internet generally.