Why does Amazon have no Western rivals?
Amazon has established itself as a dominant force in e-commerce with few serious rivals in the West. The company's extensive range of products and services, combined with its early entry into the market and aggressive reinvestment strategies, have contributed to its market leadership. Experts highlight Amazon's unique business model and technological advantages as key factors in its success.
- ▪Amazon accounts for 40.5% of all online retail sales in the US, while Walmart holds 9.2%.
- ▪In the UK, Amazon has about 30% of online retail sales, significantly outpacing competitors.
- ▪The company's first-mover advantage and willingness to operate at a loss have constrained competition.
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| Original publisher | BBC News — Business |
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| Publication time | Sun, 17 May 2026 23:54:57 GMT |
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Why does Amazon have no Western rivals?Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleZoe CorbynBusiness reporterGetty ImagesVitamins, repair tape and a jar of mango chutney - just some of what my household bought last month via Amazon's sprawling online shopping platform.We also shopped at the company's supermarket chain Whole Foods, streamed its TV shows, read books on Kindle e-readers, and browsed countless websites no doubt powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), its highly profitable cloud-computing business.And that isn't half of the interconnected products and services offered by the global behemoth, which earlier this year overtook US superstore giant Walmart to become the world's largest company by annual sales.But why does Amazon, launched by Jeff Bezos in 1995 as an online bookstore…
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