The latest article on Business Insider is titled “Amazon’s New Ad Business Taught It That Selling Physical ‘Stuff’ Is A Thing Of The Past”.

Jim Edwards says, “Amazon appears to be learning a big lesson from its nascent, $500 million advertising business: It’s a lot easier to make money if you’re not selling physical stuff.

Reuters examined Amazon’s profitability outlook and found that the company’s real growth is not going to come from selling books and toys.

Rather, it’s coming from:

  • advertising;
  • third-party merchandising (i.e. allowing other people to advertise their stuff on Amazon)”.

Amazon’s New Ad Business Taught It That Selling Physical ‘Stuff’ Is A Thing Of The Past

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