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		Corrado on April 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball... I'm guessing that's the major reason for Amazon purchasing Zappos a few years ago.

sithadmin on April 12, 2023 [–]

There was probably a warehouse ops/tech angle to it too. Zappos was something of a pioneer in large-scale robotic warehouse automation, and Amazon ultimately also acquired the robotics vendor Zappos relied on (Kiva).

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