Name: 業界がアマゾンを恐れる理由｜FT (Why industries should fear Amazon | FT)
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When Amazon moves into a new line of business,

One by one, chains in books, toys, clothing,

Amazon can cost companies billions of dollars

Last year, executives spoke more about Jeff Bezos' company

than any other during calls with their investors.

it has transformed from a money-losing internet bookstore

to a profitable mega-conglomerate with revenues

In the past three years, it has purchased online pharmacy

PillPack, supermarket Whole Foods, and home security maker

The FT's Lex team examines five fears surrounding Amazon

and asks whether they are prescient or paranoid.

Fear the first - Amazon will conquer the world.

and ramping up plans to sell more products

In the US, it accounts for 49 per cent of online sales,

but elsewhere, Amazon faces fierce competition.

International revenue makes up only one quarter of the total.

that it was closing its local e-commerce business in China.

Fear the second - Amazon will replace banks.

that it loaned more than $3bn to its own vendors.

and has not been offered more broadly to consumers.

suggesting it will remain a niche-length facility.

Fear the third - Amazon will deliver your customers lunch.

Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods was its biggest to date,

and it is investing heavily in logistics.

But it has a mixed record in delivering fresh products.

and it recently shut its restaurant delivery service.

account for just five per cent of the $700bn market.

Amazon will need many more physical stores.

Amazon Web Services dominates the cloud services market

and is the company's most profitable business.

Amazon has helped companies store and process data

far more efficiently by moving it to AWS servers.

of internet-connected public cloud services.

Fear the fifth - Amazon will play doctors.

The US health care system is right to worry

that Americans spend on prescription drugs each year.

Last year, Amazon bought online pharmacy PillPack,

and it was also working with Berkshire Hathaway and JP

The sector is notoriously complex and highly regulated,

but Amazon is better placed to offer online distribution

Amazon is already one of the world's biggest companies.

It accounts for $0.50 in every dollar spent online in the US,

and it hit a $1tn market capitalization more quickly

World domination will be stymied by tech giants from Asia,

and fondness for experimentation mean the next trillion dollars

is likely to come from health care, advertising, or AI

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