[Ads-l] Word: Amazonification

[Nancy Friedman]

Financial Times, Sept. 5, 2017: "Is Amazonification Real?"
https://www.ft.com/content/ac8f5812-a8a7-35ce-8acf-7e3d96c2ea0d

Scale VP, May 25, 2016: "The Amazonification of Commerce" ("This trend of
using third-party software to keep pace with Amazon is what we call
the *Amazonification
of Commerce.*")

The Times has used "Amazonification" several times in the past. The first
usage was in 2018 (also in connection with Whole Foods).
https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=amazonification



https://www.scalevp.com/blog/the-amazonification-of-commerce

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On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 8:12 AM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am not in a position to check right now, but this strikes me as a common
> and long used construction in the world of conglomerates, where they take
> over other companies and change the way they operate.
>
> For example, Wiktionary has the word "microsoftify".
>
> I would differentiate the word "Disneyfication", which has become
> generalized.
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 9:47 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Interesting find! Given Amazon’s size, I would have thought this had been
> > around for quite a while.
> >
> > Here are two hits for the verb Amazonify.
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Leadership_Lab/MLlwDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
> > <
> >
> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Leadership_Lab/MLlwDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
> > >
> > The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century, p 90
> > Chris Lewis, Pippa Malmgren
> > 2018
> >
> > ###
> > How we have become 'Amazonified'
> > ###
> >
> >
> >
> https://medium.com/@jacobgottlieb44/how-amazon-plans-to-amazonify-whole-foods-6ec0f32041f0
> > <
> >
> https://medium.com/@jacobgottlieb44/how-amazon-plans-to-amazonify-whole-foods-6ec0f32041f0
> > >
> > How Amazon Plans to Amazonify Whole Foods
> > Jacob Gottlieb
> > Jul 31, 2018
> >
> > ###
> > Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos would be “Amazonifying” Whole Foods while he
> reduces
> > prices of items that most people want.
> > ###
> >
> > Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
> > Formerly of Seattle, WA
> >
> > > On 2 Mar 2022, at 02:21, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Source: New York Times
> > > Article: Here Comes the Full Amazonification of Whole Foods
> > > Author: Cecilia Kang
> > > Date: Feb 28, 2022
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > More than four years ago, Amazon bought Whole Foods for $13 billion.
> > > Now the Amazonification of the grocery chain is physically complete,
> > > as showcased by the revamped Whole Foods store in Glover Park.
> > > ...
> > > The technology, known as Just Walk Out, consists of hundreds of
> > > cameras with a God’s-eye view of customers. Sensors are placed under
> > > each apple, carton of oatmeal and boule of multigrain bread. Behind
> > > the scenes, deep-learning software analyzes the shopping activity to
> > > detect patterns and increase the accuracy of its charges.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > Garson
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