Shares of eBay fell 5% on Thursday, after Jeff Bezos snubbed the rival e-commerce giant in his annual letter to shareholders.
Shares of eBay fell 5% on Thursday after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos snubbed the rival e-commerce giant his annual letter to shareholders.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> In the letter, Bezos compared the growth in merchandise sales of third-party sellers between Amazon and eBay from 1999 to 2018. His comparison showed that Amazon has clearly outperformed its rival. "Third-party sales have grown from $0.1 billion to $160 billion — a compound annual growth rate of 52%. To provide an external benchmark, eBay's gross merchandise sales in that period have grown at a compound rate of 20%, from $2.8 billion to $95 billion," said Bezos.
Bezos cited the Fulfillment by Amazon and Prime memberships as the company's two"very best selling tools" to secure Amazon's success with third-party sellers over rivals like eBay. "We invested in both of these programs at significant financial risk and after much internal debate," Bezos said in the letter."We could not foresee with certainty what those programs would eventually look like, let alone whether they would succeed, but they were pushed forward with intuition and heart, and nourished with optimism.
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