[lbo-talk] The Chavez Bounce: Chomsky No. 5 On Amazon

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 22 05:51:22 PDT 2006


On Sep 22, 2006, at 1:19 AM, Sean Andrews wrote:


> How is this possible? I thought the way Amazon was able to maintain
> such a broad selection was that it didn't have much inventory on hand?
> Do these numbers count for orders made even if there isn't stock to
> fill it?

When they first started, they kept no inventory, and ordered on a just-in-time basis from distributors. Now they keep inventory of best sellers, and rely on JIT for backlist.

Doug



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