Amazon ist eines der wertvollsten Unternehmen der Welt. Was sind die Geheimnisse seines Erfolgs? Wie lassen sich diese Erkenntnisse auf andere Unternehmen im E-Commerce-Sektor übertragen? Die renommierten Einzelhandelsexpertinnen Natalie Berg und Miya Knights geben überzeugende Antworten. "Das Amazon-Modell" bietet einzigartige Einblicke in die disruptiven Strategien des unerbittlichsten Einzelhändlers und Innovators der Welt. Es zeigt, wie diese Strategien auf jedes Unternehmen im E-Comme...

Amazon - one of the world's most valuable companies - is worth more than Walmart, Netflix, Target, Nike and Costco combined. What are the secrets to its success? How can these insights be applied to other businesses in the e-commerce sector?The retail industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Across all sectors and markets, retailers are shifting their business models and customer engagement strategies to ensure they survive.

What is the secret to Amazon's success? What does the ecommerce giant have in store for the future? Explore the disruptive new retail strategies of the world's most relentless retailer and gain valuable lessons that can be applied to any business in the ecommerce sector, with original insight from the company as it continues to revolutionize itself even further.The retail industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Across all sectors and markets, retailers are shifting their business mode...

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Im Hotel Montana auf der winterlichen Lärchenalp herrscht bereits am ersten Tag der neuen Skisaison grosse Unruhe! Jemand hat in der Nacht "Hau ab, Ausländer" an die Fassade gesprayt. Wurde das Hotel zufällig Ziel der Schmiererei oder steckt mehr dahinter? Die MounTeens - Sam, Lena, Matteo und Amélie - schalten sich ein und verfolgen im vorweihnachtlichen Bad Lärchenberg verschiedene heisse Spuren. Ihre Nachforschungen und weitere turbulente Ereignisse legen den Schluss nahe, dass der Hote...

“Radiant...startling and delicate.” —The Boston GlobeOn the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, ...

Katie Nash—the beloved heroine of Elizabeth Berg's previous novels Durable Goods and Joy School—is thirteen years old in 1961, and she's facing a summer full of conflict. Her father has enlisted her in two care-taking jobs—baby-sitting for the rambunctious Wexler boys and, equally challenging, looking after Mrs. Randolph, her elderly, bedridden neighbor. To make matters worse, Katie has been forcibly inducted into the "loser" Girl Scout troop, compliments of her only new ...

Winner of the New England Book Award for FictionKatie, the narrator, has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father, and she feels very much alone: her much-loved mother is dead; her new school is unaccepting of her; and her only friends fall far short of being ideal companions. When she accidentally falls through the ice while skating, she meets Jimmy. He is handsome, far older than she, and married, but she is entranced. As their relation...