“Boycotting Amazon actually helps them. They lose money on merchandise sales. Haven’t made a profit there for 20 years. I order truly low cost/price items, one at a time, with free shipping. The more I buy, the more they lose. “
Actually, you don’t understand the Amazon business model.
They lose money on every sale - They make it up in volume?
Neither does Forbes
Bottom line: Amazon’s business model, which in many respects resembles that of Standard Oil during the late 19th century, doesn’t work. Amazon.com operates in a different industry at a different time, and cannot take customers and competition for granted.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2014/10/27/whats-wrong-with-amazons-business-model/#49ffbf126a40