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  • How Much Would You Pay for Freedom?

    [Photo: Damn]

  • Amazon’s Risk Factors make for Bad Corporate Poetry

    We face intense competition.

    Our expansion places
    a significant strain
    on our management, operational, financial and other resources.

    Our expansion into
    new products, services,
    technologies and geographic regions
    subjects us to
    additional business, legal,
    financial and competitive risks.

    We may experience significant fluctuations
    in our operating results
    and growth rate.
    We may not be successful in our efforts
    to expand
    into international market segments.

    If we do not successfully optimize
    and operate
    our fulfillment centers,
    our business could be harmed.
    The seasonality of our business
    places increased strain
    on our operations.

    Our business could suffer
    if we are unsuccessful
    in making, integrating, and maintaining
    commercial agreements, strategic alliances, and other business relationships.
    Our business could suffer
    if we are unsuccessful
    in making, integrating, and maintaining
    acquisitions and investments.

    We have foreign exchange risk.

    The loss of key senior management personnel could
    negatively affect our business.
    We face risks
    related to system interruption
    and lack of redundancy.
    We face significant inventory risk.
    We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property rights
    or may be accused of infringing intellectual property rights of third parties.

    We have a rapidly evolving business model
    and
    our stock price is highly volatile.

    Government regulation is evolving and
    unfavorable changes could harm our business.
    Taxation risks could subject us to liability
    for past sales
    and
    cause our future sales to decrease.
    We could be subject to additional income tax liabilities.

    Our supplier relationships subject us to
    a number of risks.

    We may be subject to
    risks related to government contracts
    and related procurement regulations.
    We may be subject to
    product liability claims
    if people or property are harmed
    by the products
    we sell.
    We are subject to payments-related risks.

    We could be liable
    for breaches
    of security.
    We could be liable
    for fraudulent or unlawful activities
    of sellers.

    [from Amazon.com’s 2010 Annual Report (PDF)]

  • What Shopping Cart?

    [TechCrunch via Hacker News]

  • Dear Target Shoppers,

    If your dog spills this much water on the floor, please consider using a rag.  You might find you don’t need an 8-pack of paper towels anymore.

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd2kJS8QoMw]

    And seriously Target, out of every item in your store, you want to tell us about the paper towels?