Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO) raccconta la nuova acquisizione di Zappos.com


Qui la lettera di Tony Hsieh (CEO - Zappos.com) che annuncia la conclusione degli accordi con Amazon ed i combiamenti che avverranno nella sua azienda.

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