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In the very beginning, Jeff Bezos chose books as Amazon\u2019s primary product because of the industry\u2019s massive record of individual SKU\u2019s. A brick and mortar bookstore would never be able to offer all the books in the world in a physical store, but you could do it online. Thus, he changed the industry by creating the \u201cworld\u2019s largest bookstore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today, and substantially more industries are being affected by Amazon\u2019s presence. But industries aren\u2019t changing just because Amazon emerged as a competitor,\u00a0<strong>customer expectations have dramatically changed as well<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Competition between businesses will always be ubiquitous, but it can be argued that in &#8220;The Age of Amazon\u201d businesses must also compete against a new level of customer expectation to win. 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