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Amazon v Alibaba – the stats

Last week I posted an infographic about credit cards and since then I’ve been inundated with organisations sending me similar graphics.

Here’s one which I particularly liked, comparing Amazon to Alibaba. It reminded me of a recent BBC article comparing Amazon to Tesco:

Last year its [Amazon’s] revenues hit $88bn (£56bn) , but it made a loss of $240m (£153m). (Just as a comparison, Tesco’s revenues in 2014 were £71bn, on which it made a profit of £2.6bn – though this year it recorded a huge loss after writing down the value of its property. Oh, and right now the stock market thinks Amazon is worth roughly eight Tescos.)

Here’s the Alibaba v Amazon infographic: Continue reading Amazon v Alibaba – the stats