Amazon's Australian Debut Brings Excitement, Dread and Defiance - The New York Times

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Panzer was awoken from his afternoon nap by a cacophony of noises. Our sleepy kitty boy heard laughing and crying, clapping and gnashing of teeth. Stumbling to the Panzermobile, he headed into the Catosphere. Following all the noise took him to The New York Times site. There he found a post about Amazon's entrance into the Australian marketplace.

According to the post by Adam Baidawi, Amazon opened its online presence in Australia earlier this week with a small number of vendors and products. While the company's entry into the Australian marketplace turned out not to be the formidable juggernaut businesses feared, it's believed Amazon's vendors and their selections will increase over time. The company has a habit of making a small inroad into a marketplace and then exploding with lower prices and innumerable products. The post does say most Australians don't use the Internet to buy products.

Panzer says, "This little kitty thinks Australia will be a hard market for Amazon to break into."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a thermos of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon