Wanelo, Online Retail, Deena Varshavskaya, Charlie Rose Interview video

Wanelo Optimizes Online Retail: Deena Varshavskaya: Video - Bloomberg:
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On “Charlie Rose,” Deena Varshavskaya, founder and chief executive officer at Wanelo. The online social media website and app connects millions of consumers with some of the biggest brands, as well as the tiniest of independent boutiques.  (source: Bloomberg 11/6)

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Online Retail, Amazon, Profitability

Online retail? -- better think niche markets, and consider using or associating with larger services like Amazon because it is cut-throat online --

Profits? Amazon Prefers Technology | MIT Technology Review: " . . . Even the most successful online retailer, Amazon.com, has a business model that leaves many people scratching their heads. Amazon is on track to ring up $75 billion in worldwide sales this year. Yet it often operates in the red; last quarter, Amazon posted a $41 million loss. Amazon’s founder and chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos, is indifferent to short-term earnings, having once quipped that when the company achieved profitability for a brief stretch in 1995, “it was probably a mistake.”. . ."

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