A blog maintained by a conservative think tank has put out an article about productivity in the American retail industry. The writer of the piece cites an economist who maintains that Amazon and other ecommerce companies have actually benefited the economy by saving 64 million hours a week that would have been spent going to stores. The economist states this is the equivalent of 1.6 million full time jobs. He goes on to state that ecommerce has actually resulted in the creation of fulfillment worker and driving jobs.
Read more: The Amazon effect on US retail productivity – American Enterprise Institute
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