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· Laura Dang

Former Employee Who Survived Cancer as a New Mom Calls Out Amazon’s CEO

In a new essay, former Amazon employee Julia Cheiffetz offers CEO Jeff Bezos feedback on how Amazon treated her when she gave birth to a baby and was diagnosed with cancer six weeks after. In her story posted on Medium, Cheiffetz recalls weeping in her chair after reading the…

· Riley Schatzle

Amazon’s New Service Will Deliver Alcohol to Your Home Within an Hour

Amazon Inc. announced on Tuesday that they will be introducing a new service called “Prime Now” that will concentrate on on-demand services including news, TV, video and, most interestingly, alcohol. For the first time ever, the massive online retailer is expanding from an…

· Laura Dang

Angry Wife of a Former Amazon Employee to CEO: Work Schedule Was ‘Almost Unbearable’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been at the center of criticism following the release of a New York Times exposé that highlighted his company’s “brutal” work environment and controversial management practices. In response to Jeff Bezos’ memo to employees on Monday, one spouse of a…

· Laura Dang

Amazon’s CEO is Not Impressed With What the New York Times Had to Say About His Company

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is fighting back against accusations from a recent New York Times exposé that decried the company as a “bruising” place to work. The Times article questioned Amazon’s leadership principles by highlighting the company’s unreasonably high demands and its…

· Editorial Staff

Here’s a Comparison of Amazon and Walmart Just in Time for ‘Prime Day’

Tomorrow, July 15, is “Prime Day,” Amazon’s one-day shopping event that’s been advertised as having “more deals than Black Friday.” To make things a little more interesting, Walmart has initiated a sale rivalry with Amazon, potentially making tomorrow one of the biggest shopping…

· Augustine Reyes Chan

Amazon Fighting Walmart Over Who Has the Best Sale is Great News for Shoppers

Walmart is going head to head with Amazon by offering “Black Friday deals” on July 15, shortly after Amazon declared their own “Prime Day.” Last week, Amazon, the behemoth online e-tailer, announced that it would slash prices on many items on Wednesday, July 15, just as they do…

· Max Chang

Alleged Amazon Employee Warns Interns to ‘STAY THE F–K AWAY from Amazon’

If you are considering applying for a job at Amazon, specifically at their headquarters in Seattle, you may want to read one man’s controversial advice first. A new post gaining steam on Reddit from “amzn_vet_throwaway,” who claims to be “an old man who has been at Amazon way…

· Sebastian Dillon

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ New Rocket Looks a Lot Like a Penis

Does Jeff Bezos’ new rocket look like a dick, or what? Yesterday, almost by surprise, rocket company Blue Origin, founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in 2000, launched their spaceship, New Shepherd, from their West Texas launch base, ushering in another company that will…

· Editorial Staff

This Insanely Huge Robot Can Be Yours for a Cool $1 Million On Amazon

If you had a million dollars, what’s the first thing you would buy? If you said, “a 5-ton, 13-foot-tall, 5 mph-capable, wearable robot,” then you’re not only ultra rad, you’re also in luck. On sale on Amazon Japan is the Kuratas, the invention of Kogoro Kurata, a Japanese…

· Benny Luo

Amazon Introduces Drones That Will Deliver Packages in 30 Minutes or Less

During tonights episode of 60 Minutes, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced Amazon Prime Air, a new delivery system that intends to deliver packages via unmanned aerial drones. The goal of this project is to deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less.

· Laura Dang

How This 23-Year-Old Got a Billionaire to Invest in His Data-Profiting Startup

Whether we are aware of it or not, companies are collecting our data — produced from daily activities on our phones or browsing the internet — and selling it for profit. A new startup called DataWallet is now giving us the tools to take back control of our data while putting the…

· Jacob Wagner

Why an Olympic Track Star Chose to Become a $600-An-Hour Las Vegas Call Girl

Suzy Favor Hamilton, best known for being a three-time Olympic track-star-turned-escort, revealed that details in her upcoming memoir, “Fast Girl,” will offer insight into why she chose to work as a $600/hr call girl in Las Vegas. Hamilton was infamously exposed by a reporter…

· Max Chang

Millionaire Zappos Founder Uses Seduction Techniques to Grow His Downtown Project

The typical entrepreneur might think it’s smart to absorb business wisdom from the billionaires of the world (and it is), but for Tony Hsieh, founder and CEO of Zappos, it’s the seduction techniques commonly used by pickup artists that are helping him to grow his Downtown…

· Editorial Staff

Stunning Photo Series Showing Puppies Growing into Old Age Will Make You Cry

In celebration of National Dog Day today, check out these stunning pooch portraits from Massachusetts photographer Amanda Jones. For her book, “Dog Years: Faithful Friends, Then And Now,” Jones juxtaposes portraits she took of younger dogs next to her portraits of their older…

· Max Chang

How a 22-Year-Old ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Built a $10 Million a Month Startup

Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, a founding member of the seminal rap group N.W.A. and “The Godfather of Gangsta Rap,” pioneered an empire that never was but should have been when he established Ruthless Records. Responsible for putting West Coast hip-hop on the map, the N.W.A.-fueled…

· Laura Dang

Holocaust Survivor Revealed the One Thing That’s More Important than Happiness in Life

Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl drew attention to the differences between leading a happy life and leading a meaningful one. Having experienced the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, Frankl realized the difference between those who perished and…

· Editorial Staff

Tech Entrepreneur Who Sold His Company For $970 Million Becomes Victim of a Hate Crime

Justin Kan, one of the founders of live-video platform Twitch.tv — sold to Amazon for a whopping $970 million in August 2014 — recently became the victim of a hate crime. At approximately 3:38 a.m. Saturday morning, an unidentified male went to the front of Kan’s house and…

· Jacob Wagner

Apple Spends $700,000 a Year to Keep CEO Tim Cook Safe

Apple pays nearly $700,000 a year just to keep CEO Tim Cook free from harm. The “security expense,” discovered by Patently Apple, were included in Apple’s “Schedule 14A” report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

· Max Chang

Steve Jobs’ Ex-Girlfriend Once Asked Him For $30 Million Because He Was a Terrible Father

“He was as cheap as he could be. He under-provided for everything. It was always like pulling teeth to get him to step up,” Chrisann Brennan said of the late tech titan Steve Jobs. Brennan was Jobs’ first girlfriend and the mother of his first daughter, Lisa. In a newly released…

· Sebastian Dillon

Meet the 21-Year-Old Daughter of Billionaire Donald Trump You Didn’t Know Existed

What is life like when you are the 21-year-old daughter of an outspoken billionaire, reality TV personality and presidential candidate? Pretty good, as you can imagine. Meet Tiffany Trump, the youngest daughter of Donald Trump, who is estimated to have a $4.1 billion fortune.

Coupang

Coupang is Korea's Amazon — overnight Rocket Delivery plus Coupang Play, a streaming service bundling K-content and live sports into the shopping habit.

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Coupang is Korea's Amazon — overnight Rocket Delivery plus Coupang Play, a streaming service bundling K-content and live sports into the shopping habit.

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Coupang

Coupang is Korea's Amazon — overnight Rocket Delivery plus Coupang Play, a streaming service bundling K-content and live sports into the shopping habit.

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Amorepacific · Beauty · KRX:090430

A skincare sale only matters if people come back for the second bottle.

The first sale matters less than the repeat routine.

Source: Amorepacific
201% revenue growth
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Explainer · Amorepacific

K-beauty won the Amazon cart. The real prize is your second bottle.

The first sale matters less than the repeat routine. If a product sticks, the brand can keep winning on replenishment, retail placement, and cross-market demand.

Source: Amorepacific
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