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Has Amazon reached a Prime plateau?

Ben Bradford Apr 25, 2019
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Men work at a distribution station in the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, in February. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

Has Amazon reached a Prime plateau?

Ben Bradford Apr 25, 2019
Men work at a distribution station in the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, in February. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images
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That juggernaut of online retail, Amazon, reports this afternoon on its latest three months of earnings. Analysts expect growing sales, larger profits, further steps toward world domination … but in the U.S., a key part of the company’s growth strategy is slowing down.

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