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Amazon: A Maze Through China - An International Marketing Case Study, Hanane Goubil
Amazon: A Maze Through China - An International Marketing Case Study, Hanane Goubil
Symposium of Student Scholars
Amazon is an e-commerce technology company best known for its fast delivering time and for being one of the tops of the big four technology companies in the United States. Despite its success in the U.S. and several countries abroad, it has struggled to succeed in China since 2004 where Alibaba and JD.com control 82% of the market. This is due to Amazon failing to compete with Alibaba and neglecting to acclimatize their online offers to appease Chinese customers’ preferences. An example of this is that Alibaba has its own payment system called Alipay, while Amazon had yet to include …