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Swimming in Amazon Shopping — for the Exotic and Different

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By Peter J. Rosenwald

Amazon shopping is its own beast. When I moved to Brazil, any mention of “Amazon” immediately conjured up visions of this great river teeming with hungry piranhas, surrounded by nearly impenetrable jungle; one of the last truly wild places on Earth, a great place to visit. But, as the expression goes, you wouldn’t want to live there. That was 19 years ago.

Say “Amazon” today and the 24-year-old behemoth that comes to mind is the largest online retailer in the world, a direct seller and digital marketplace with a piranha’s aggressive appetite.

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Peter J. Rosenwald

Peter J. Rosenwald is an expat American living and working in Brazil; founder and first CEO of Wunderman Worldwide, International Division of Wunderman agency) and first chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Direct Worldwide; strategist and senior executive in charge of building subscription and data-driven marketing for Editora Abril, Latin America's leading magazine publisher; founder of Consult Partners, active strategic marketing consultancy working in Brazil, U.S. and U.K. International keynote speaker on data-driven marketing and author of 'Accountable Marketing' (Thomson), 'Profiting From the Magic of Marketing Metrics' (Direct Marketing IQ), and 'GringoView' blog author for Brazilian Huffington Post. With an international perspective, my blog's purpose is to share my maverick views of this business I've spent the last half-century working in, enjoying and observing.

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