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...alert system at our warehouse went off; within an hour we were mobilizing for Haiti. Our warehouse is like a Walmart for disasters. We tailor the box contents to each crisis. A summer flood in Sudan requires more mosquito nets than a winter earthquake in Nepal. Haiti is tropical, so we put in fewer blankets and added extra water-purification tablets...
...firm grasp of the consumers' many needs. Cash-strapped shoppers flocked to the site for its low prices, ready-to-ship inventory, shrewd consumer product reviews, low shipping fees and the holiday season's trendiest gadget, the Kindle. It refused to back down from pricing wars with Walmart and Target over books, and made a big push into electronics to tap the void left by the demise of Circuit City and Tweeter over the past year. (See nine e-readers to gawk...
...Amazon's sales grew 42% in the fourth quarter, outpacing e-commerce in general, which rose 5% to 10%, according to Colin Sebastian, senior research analyst at Lazard Capital Markets. "Amazon has emerged as the Walmart of the online retail world," says Sebastian...
...losing jobs," he says. Davidowitz is predicting a double-dip recession, and if that happens, he sees little improvement in job growth, the credit markets or consumer confidence in 2010. "I don't see any increase [in retail sales] this year. However, he expects value retailers, such as Walmart, Kohl's, Target, TJX, Ross and Costco, as well as certain specialty stores, such as Bed, Bath & Beyond and Urban Outfitters, to see higher-than-average sales growth...
Missing from TIME's list of players who will decide the fate of health care--lawmakers, lobbyists, even Walmart--is a key group: those who work long hours to cure what ails Americans, just so they can spend more time wrestling with insurance companies and dodging trial lawyers. Your list left out the doctors--which is exactly how I've felt for my 14 years of practice...