Building a British Amazon–in a good way

Nicole Kobie is PC Pro’s Futures editor and she wrote this column while waiting for a Sainsbury’s delivery to arrive, with her feet propped up on an empty Amazon box.

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There’s no question that Amazon is convenient. For shoppers, the ability to make nigh-on anything arrive at your door tomorrow – if not sooner – is unquestionably appealing.

But as useful as the service is for customers, it’s not good for everyone. Amazon is accused of (and generally denies):); chucking returned and unsold items in landfill (); nabbing sellers’ ideas to rebrand as its own products (); failing to prevent the sale of dangerous or contraband items (pcpro. link/331contraband); and using tax-avoidance measures so that little gets paid locally (). All this while founder Jeff Bezos plans trips to space for fun.