Here is why this is such a brilliant strategy. Amazon (AMZN) has been named the No. 1 overall grocery retailer for the second year in a row by The Retailer Preference Index. The company currently runs 23 Amazon Fresh stores, and there are at least another ...

Yes, Amazon is evil. It’s aggressive about dodging taxes, and about getting everyone else to subsidize its inevitable growth through tax breaks. Amazon’s original business model involved legally dodging the obligation to collect sales taxes, and then using the resulting price advantage to gain market share.

Amazon.com, online retailer, manufacturer of electronic book readers, and Web services provider that became the iconic example of electronic commerce. Its headquarters are in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com is a vast Internet -based enterprise that sells books, music, movies, housewares, electronics, toys, and many other goods, either directly or as the middleman between other retailers and Amazon.com’s millions of customers.

Amazon owns many private-label brands. Earlier in 2018, Recode reported that Amazon owns upwards of 70 of its own private-label brands — at least 60 of which were released in 2017 or later. Many ...