Competitive Capabilities, Revenue and Sustainability

 

  • The success of Amazon Inc. can be attributed to its focus on customer satisfaction and competitive advantages over other companies.
  • Amazon's major competitors are Google, Apple, Walmart, Etsy, and eBay  
  • Despite the competition from other companies, Amazon has a unique model that gives it competitive advantages. It offers prime student services that allow students a 50% discount off of regular prime memberships that allows access to all prime benefits. It also has prime days in which customers are given sitewide discounts for 48 hours.
  • One of the goals every company aims to achieve nowadays is sustainability. Amazon has begun their journey to achieve sustainability by reducing the weight of outbound packaging by more than 33% and eliminating over 900,000 tons of packaging material since 2015. The company has also adopted shipment strategies that utilize energy-efficient technologies to cut down greenhouse gas emissions.

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