Archive for January 2008

Amazon UK scores high in customer satisfaction

Jan 4th, 2008 | By Max Leisten | Category: Amazon International

InternetRetailing.net published this morning the first edition of their Top 30 UK Online Retail Satisfaction Index. Not unexpected Amazon UK was on top — but not number one. That spot belongs to we-are-going-to-beat-you-at-your-own-game media marketplace Play.com which also just published their Q4′07 results with a respectable 24% YOY growth rate.



Amazon in 2008

Jan 1st, 2008 | By Max Leisten | Category: Random Stuff

I think it’s not an understatement to say that 2007 was Amazon’s best year ever. Besides blow-out quarters (42% growth??), it launched a slew of technology services that are no longer being questioned, it was one of the best performing stocks in 2007 and online retailers flocked to it (reportedly away from eBay, but there’s [...]