What We’re Reading
Marker’s Weekend Reads: Holiday Shippageddon, Salesforce Acquires Slack, The Problem With Headless Robots
Some of the great articles on Medium that we’ve been reading and talking about. Happy reading (and highlighting)!
With Thanksgiving behind us, I’ve gone full throttle on getting my holiday gifts in order, which inevitably means I’m mining the web for the best online deals. One thing I’ve noticed (and come to dread) when clicking the ‘Checkout Cart’ button is the few extra dollars tacked on for shipping, and boy, do the prices vary. It all makes sense, though, when you read David H. Freedman’s feature in Marker on how FedEx and other competitors are duking it out with Amazon over the cost of shipping. “FedEx may be at the biggest risk of being left behind by the e-commerce explosion,” Freedman writes, “thanks in large part to Amazon’s relentless, masterful efforts to drive down the costs of online retail shopping.” Put another way, it’s hard to compete with free, next-day delivery. — Gloria Oh, Senior Editor, Ideas, Marker
