All posts tagged: amazon

Apple, Amazon and Alphabet all beat earnings — what comes next

February 3, 2023
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on February 3rd, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet all reported the quarters everyone had been dreading. Not even the very biggest can stand against the macro environment. Thursday started so well for stock traders. The Nasdaq Composite surged and recorded its best start to a year since 1975. The […]

Amazon is getting ready – this is how they will take on Sweden

September 20, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 19th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The start was a failure for the e-commerce giant. But as a new, secret, big owner in the last mile company Airmee, Amazon seems determined to try to take the Swedish market. The deal creates challenges for the other companies – and perhaps also for Airmee. […]

No one wins in a lawless land for tech companies

January 15, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 15th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The uncertainty about what applies when infrastructure giants such as Amazon Web Services shuts down individual companies benefits no one. In August 2017, after the riots in Charlottesville, USA, Cloudflare decided to shut down the Nazi site The Daily Stormer. Cloudfare is a company that provides […]

Laughing at Amazon is a mistake

October 29, 2020
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 29th, 2020. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Unintentionally funny translations and poorly rounded prices. But those who base their conclusions on linguistic details have not only misunderstood what type of creature that has landed among the Swedish e-commerce players. They have also underestimated Amazon. “Men’s luggage compartment” instead of boxer shorts. “Waist […]

The Telco Identity Loop: What Disney+ does for Verizon

November 12, 2019
by Björn Jeffery
The Daily

May 2015. Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, is on CNBC. He is wearing a navy blazer, no tie, blue shirt. He’s talking fast, and in bursts of excited management speak. He has a lot to be excited about. It has just been announced that Verizon is going to buy AOL for $4.4 billion. This is of course good news for Mr Armstrong. CNBC anchor, Andrew Ross Sorkin, asks him the key question for the […]