Surveying the Amazon
By Luckbox
In April, the digital experience management software company Sitecore released its Amazon-focused survey. And in May, Investor’s Business Daily and TechnoMetrica collaborated on a big tech poll (IBD/TIPP). So, Luckbox conducted a survey of its own, asking readers some of the same questions as the other surveys, for comparison purposes, and some original questions. The following pages comprise the most thought-provoking results from all of the aforementioned surveys, taking the nation’s pulse on its third-largest company.



BUSINESS & ECONOMY
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Apple’s EV Advantage
|As the company’s market cap was topping $3 trillion, the highest ever for a U.S. company, details emerged about its electric car Move over Tesla. Rumors of an Apple (AAPL)… -
Insiders Aren’t Buying Ark’s Hype
|Fund manager Cathie Wood says her portfolio will produce a 40% compound annual growth rate over the next five years. Market history and executive insiders suggest otherwise. After 12 years… -
The March of Hype
By Ed McKinley
|As technology advances, each generation gets its own version of hyperbolic advertising, promotion and manipulation. That’s both good and bad. Hype resides in the eye of the beholder. while… -
Rising Prices, Declining Confidence
By Ed McKinley
|Uncertainty prevails as inflation unnerves consumers and perturbs economists Prices are soaring and necessities are scarce as annual inflation of 6.8% grips the nation. While economists differ on how much… -
Price Appreciation
|Is someone manipulating government inflation numbers for political gain? That’s what a lot of Americans say about the most common yardstick, the consumer price index (CPI), which tracks the cost… -
The End of the Rainbow?
By Tim Knight
|Prospects for continued inflation may interfere with finding a pot of gold The word “inflation” may not mean much to anyone who wasn’t around in the 1970s and early ‘80s.… -
Luckbox leans in with Ed Yardeni on the Measuring Misery
By Jeff Joseph
|Yardeni, an investment industry veteran known as the “Wall Street Seer,” has held positions with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Fed Board of Governors and the U.S.… -
Higher Housing Prices Ahead
|Even if food and energy costs decline, rising rents could sustain inflation Is 6.2% a lot? That was the year-over-year inflation rate in the United States in October, as measured… -
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Deflation
|Why DO mainstream economists FEAR LOWER PRICES? Unemployment recently dipped to 4.6% as the economy added 531,000 jobs, according to the monthly jobs report issued in November by the United… -
How China “Controls” Inflation
|The Middle Kingdom’s command-style economy is keeping consumer prices artificially low. It can’t last. As most of humanity grapples with inflation, China finds itself in an unusual position. Consumer prices… -
Yes, This is Stagflation
|But it STILL MIGHT BE transitory Something new happened in the 1970s and it’s apparently coming back to haunt the nation again. It goes by the name “stagflation.” The word,… -
No, It’s Not Stagflation
|Yes, prices are up and GDP is down compared with earlier this year, but the economy isn’t entering a ’70s-style malaise The economic woes of the 1970s, a decade marked… -
Amazon’s New Silk Road
|The big American online retailer has become inextricably intertwined with China—but do Americans care? Amazon and China can’t seem to get enough of each other.If something’s made in China, then… -
Amazon’s Predatory Capitalism
By Ed McKinley
|Success has rewarded Jeff Bezos. Twenty-seven years ago, he was a Wall Street refugee peddling books online with the help of a $250,000 loan from his parents. These days, he’s… -
Amazon Primeval
|As the company extends its reach into nearly every aspect of American life, it’s trying to shift the conversation away from antitrust For years, Amazon hadn’t faced the antitrust scrutiny… -
Maximum Rage
By Ed McKinley
|Amazon workers aren’t as concerned about the minimum wage as they are about brutal working conditions Amazon employs blatant union-busting tactics to keep harried workers from organizing at its giant… -
The face of the resistance
By Ed McKinley
|Author Danny Caine is raising Cain about the problems he says Amazon causes A lot of people complain about Amazon, but Danny Caine is doing something about it. Caine, a… -
Luckbox Leans in with Scott Galloway
By Yesi D
|Scott Galloway is a speaker, podcaster, entrepreneur, best-selling author and instructor of brand and marketing strategy at the New York University Stern School of Business. His books include The Four:… -
Amazon’s Tax Gambit
|Jeff Bezos and Amazon are supporting higher taxes—a move that’s less counterintuitive than it appears It’s no surprise that President Joe Biden has introduced sweeping proposals to raise taxes on… -
Amazon Subprime
By Hitha Herzog
|Counterfeit merchandise on Amazon Marketplace can be life-threatening It started with a phone call to 911. A senior producer for a daytime talk show in New York City frantically dialed…