Critics who think Amazon is killing retail should talk to the millions of businesses/products that were rejected by retail gatekeepers and only exist today because of Amazon’s ‘infinite shelf space.’
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Looking at this was literally my day job. It's all junk (or old media products - read: books - no one wants to buy) past the first few million.
Sorry, maybe I’m misunderstanding - are you arguing that Amazon does not have increased selection over a traditional retail store and that this increased selection hasn’t changed the landscape for brands and consumers?
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I'm arguing that there's little evidence that Amazon has led to a proliferation of *new* goods that can be sold at a volume high enough to sustain the business but low enough they couldn't succeed 20 years ago.
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Another back of the envelope calculation here is that Amazon US retail sales are in the $75-100B range, so the average SKU *that sells* has $7-10K k sales, which is not enough to make a living.
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