Is Amazon At Risk of Becoming a Monopoly?

Does Amazon’s market dominance make it at risk of being broken up by the US government? Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner (North America) Last Mile Experts, joins Ian Kerr to discuss:

• Amazon’s incubator for start-up trucking companies
• Why Amazon is so interested in trucking (truckload and LTL)
• Comparisons with Amazon’s DSP (Delivery Service Partner) model
• Increase in trucking failures in the USA during 2020
• Walmart’s trucking and distribution network
• Amazon creating a Walmart-like network at a lower cost
• AT&T, Microsoft, Standard Oil, and US government intervention (antitrust)
• Is Amazon’s dominance similar to Standard Oil’s dominance?
• Political lobbying in the USA and Europe
• How Amazon does a better job than many other online retailers
• Do consumers care if Amazon becomes some sort of monopoly?
• Checks and controls on monopolies such as postal or utility monopoly operators
• Jeff Bezos stepping down as CEO – is it perfect timing?
• Market dominance wasn’t an issue during the pandemic
• The US Presidency…?
• Seller-fulfilled Prime – murmurings of discontent
• Rules and controls on seller-fulfilled Prime
• Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) capacity
• Expansion of Amazon’s last mile network in the USA
• US Postal Service’s Parcel Select service, Amazon (and FedEx) volumes, and service standards

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