Amazon.com, a US Fortune 500 company is the recognised global brand leader in internet retailing, with annual revenues over $15bn in 2007. It has grown customers, products and revenues consistently over the last decade, but did not record a profit until 2004. Over the last 3 years, profit performance has been far from impressive, with an average margin just under 3% of total revenues. In spite of creating the formats and standards now widely used in online retailing, Amazon now faces competitive threats from the major 'bricks and mortar' retailers such as Walmart who are now rapidly becoming large players in e-tailing.
Simon Fox, 13 January 2008
Blue-ray is now set to become the industry standard for High Definition DVDs after Toshiba withdrew its HD-DVD format following decisions by the majority of the Hollywood studios to back Sony's format. The industry hopes this will lead to a surge in DVD sales but High Def currently accounts for...
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Reiko Uchida, 19 February 2008