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Strategy and Prioritization Selection
Cost Leadership Strategy
• Amazon should continue selling its products at the lowest possible prices to maintain economies of scale.
• Amazon must resume its excellent return policies and free shipping offers to preserve its consumer base.
Growth Strategy
• Amazon can revamp its Kindle product line on a necessary periodic basis to gain a competitive edge in the tablet/e-reader industry.
• Amazon should consider the development of products like a laptop or a smart phone as they did for tablets
Technique Analysis
Cost Leadership and Differentiation Strategy for Amazon
• Premium products at non premium prices
o Free Shipping offers
o Amazon Prime program - free two day & discounted overnight shipping (Mirrow, 2005)
• Decrease the cost of Kindle and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Use Technology as an enabler in the form of AWS and Kindle
• Kindle Fire's pricing model a differentiator in the tablet market.
• Amazon provides on-demand resources and long term storage service as part of their cloud services.
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