Kate Taylor, Mary Hanbury, and Dennis Green also had this to say when it came to Amazon’s branching off into tech support “While Best Buy has been under siege by Amazon for years, the electronics retailer long had one advantage: the Geek Squad of employees ready to help customers with technical difficulties. However, in July 2017, Amazon started rolling out a sort of Geek Squad of its own, in the form of Smart Home Consultations.” This will most likely have a huge effect on the business of not just Best Buy, but of many of the smaller tech support based companies as well. This new found branching off of Amazon into even more types of businesses will most likely spell doom for many of the small business owners who had relied on these niches.
In conclusion, while Amazon can help select businesses, it hurts many others who are passed over by them because they can not afford to sell their products for as cheap as some of the bigger businesses partnered with Amazon.. Amazon is impossible to compete with if you are just a small business owner, they have prices that are impossible to match if you are trying to make a profit, as they can always find the producers who are willing to sell their products for the cheapest. They also already have a monopoly on a majority of products out there, as Amazon is easy to use, affordable, and convenient for almost everyone.
