Synopsis
Jeff Bezos decided that other sellers could use Amazon to sell their goods and make even more profit.
- Programme: Business Boomers
- Episode: Amazon's Retail Revolution
- Channel: BBC World News
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Business & Management | Supply Chain Operations
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