Many Pundits Assumed Amazon Would Fail. Why

question 39

Multiple Choice

Many pundits assumed Amazon would fail. Why?

• A) the firm was losing money and competing against established, well known, offline brands who were going online.
• B) Amazon was too short-term focused.
• C) the firm was based in Seattle, rather than Silicon Valley.
• D) Amazon sales were not increasing.
• E) all of the above.

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