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Of the many things that have changed in recent decades, purchases may have had one of the biggest reviews.
In the middle of the last century, for example, most Americans probably went to several different specialized stores to acquire their weekly essential elements. They may have gone to a fresh product market, a meat butcher shop, a pharmacy for their medications and a specialized clothing store, in addition to a tailor, for their clothes.
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It is possible that you have taken a few days only to complete each message that should be done to administer a home.
Fast advance a couple of decades, and all that changed with the advent of shopping centers. Almost everything you should do could be done within one of the giant retail centers. Many shopping centers contained everything from rooms to food courts and, of course, levels and clothing levels and accessory stores.
Today, however, even going to a mall seems outdated. Unless you are looking for a good business in an outdoor shopping center, many of us make our weekly purchases in one or two stores. The majority of large boxes retailers, such as Target and Walmart, offer everything a modern family might need: edible, recipes, clothing, home cleaning supplies, pet needs and more.
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Buyers love amazon for convenience
And that is not even considering all the online purchases we make these days.
If you are like one of the 200 million amazon (AMZN) Main members, you don't even get out of your home for many of your needs.
Like many other online giants, amazon offers everything from water bottles to watches, safety machinillas to sneakers, cast iron pan and cat garbage.
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In fact, according to some estimates, about 40% of all online purchases in the US are made on amazon. For perspective, the other larger online retailers are Walmart, with more than 6% market share and Apple, with more than 3%.
This means that most of us are using that button 'buy with a single click' quite liberally, what is worth it. The most recently completed fiscal year income of amazon was $ 574.79 billion.
amazon makes a key change
But there is much more on amazon than just buying convenience. Most of their profits actually comes from amazon Web Services, its cloud computing program that serves the United States government, Sony and Coca-Cola, among many other titans in the industry.
amazon has also been working to expand many other consumer -oriented services. amazon Prime Video, the company's transmission service, which includes successful programs such as “The Terminal List”, “Jack Ryan” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, has more than 200 million monthly viewers.
amazon also offers a music transmission service, amazon Music, for an additional rate.
Until recently, amazon Music Unlimited, which presented music, podcasts and its audible audiological service, cost $ 10.99.
But amazon has just announced that it would increase the price of its unlimited service by $ 1, which makes it $ 11.99 per month. The unlimited family plan is also being increased for $ 3 to $ 19.99 per month (or $ 199.00 per year).
Prime members are offered a monthly discount of $ 1 in the service.
“To give you even more content and new functions, we are updating the price of the selected plans of amazon Music Unlimited,” said amazon.
The movement comes after Spotify (PLACE) Its monthly subscription price increased in June 2024, also to $ 11.99 per month.
