According to a website called The Bookseller, the BBC is running a two-part program about Amazon that revealed the following fact - that more than half of Britain's online retail dollars/pounds are spent on Amazon's website.
Furthermore, apparently in the UK there are at least some people who use "Amazon" as a verb, not a noun. One shopper told the BBC, "If I want to know something, I’ll Google it. If I want to buy something, I’ll Amazon it."
That's not to say everybody is a fan. At least part of the program was devoted to publishers suggesting that Amazon is working toward a near monopoly: "The general feeling is that it is wonderful and terrifying in equal measure," says one publisher. "There is no escaping the fact that Amazon is a dominant force and monopoly is never good for business and it is certainly not good for consumers."
Furthermore, apparently in the UK there are at least some people who use "Amazon" as a verb, not a noun. One shopper told the BBC, "If I want to know something, I’ll Google it. If I want to buy something, I’ll Amazon it."
That's not to say everybody is a fan. At least part of the program was devoted to publishers suggesting that Amazon is working toward a near monopoly: "The general feeling is that it is wonderful and terrifying in equal measure," says one publisher. "There is no escaping the fact that Amazon is a dominant force and monopoly is never good for business and it is certainly not good for consumers."
- KC's View:
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I'm a pretty consistent Amazon user, but I'm not sure I've ever used the word as a verb before. I kind of like it … and I can imagine Amazon turning it into a marketing campaign. ("Do you Amazon?")
