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• The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon.com has created a new B2B website that opens “a battlefront against traditional retailers like Home Depot and Staples.”

The online pioneer has “launched AmazonSupply.com, a site that sells such products as radiation detectors for environmental testing, industrial cutting tools, janitorial and sanitation materials and office supplies ... AmazonSupply, which the company calls a beta site, is the retailer's latest push to grab more of the online-retail market it already dominates.”
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