Headspace and Timing
The newsonomics of Amazon’s Prime moves
Ken Doctor, niemanlab.org
Mem­ber­ship ain’t what it used to be.Two years ago, I signed up for Ama­zon’s Prime pro­gram. $79 a year for unlim­it­ed two-day shop­ping. It was a tailor-made pro­gram for some­one like me who bought every­thing from print­er paper to…

“Bezos took a retail business without much loyalty and is turning it into a loyalty business.” So true. Living a solid 45min from standard city shopping options, it’s so much easier just to order off amazon. It is reminiscent of the Sears “lifetime customer.”

The newsonomics of Amazon’s Prime moves
Ken Doctor, niemanlab.org

Mem­ber­ship ain’t what it used to be.

Two years ago, I signed up for Ama­zon’s Prime pro­gram. $79 a year for unlim­it­ed two-day shop­ping. It was a tailor-made pro­gram for some­one like me who bought every­thing from print­er paper to…

“Bezos took a retail business without much loyalty and is turning it into a loyalty business.” So true. Living a solid 45min from standard city shopping options, it’s so much easier just to order off amazon. It is reminiscent of the Sears “lifetime customer.”

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