Can Amazon’s Product Managers Make Videogames Successful?

So far, things have not been going well for Amazon's video games

It almost goes without saying that we all know about Amazon – the book seller who has turned into the seller of just about everything. What you may not know about Amazon is that they decided a while back to that they were going to enter into the lucrative video gaming market. With the power … Read more

Product Managers Deal With The Challenges Of Delivered Meals

It turns out that there is a real cost to having food delivered

What a wonderful time we are living in! With the arrival of the internet, all of sudden there is no longer a reason for any of us to have to go out to a restaurant any more. Instead, all we have to do is to bring up one of those online ordering applications, select what … Read more

Drugstore Product Managers Try To Solve The Last Mile Problem

CVS wants to find ways to cross the last mile to get to their customers

One of the things that every product manager would like to have would be a guaranteed customer base. We’d all love to know that there was a group of customers out there that really needed our products and would probably always be buying from us. It turns out that there are a few markets that … Read more

Amazon’s Product Managers Struggle To Make Food Delivery Successful

Amazon's food delivery service is not living up to customer expectations

If there is one new product that is currently red hot, it would be food delivery. There are a bunch of brand new companies that seem to have shown up overnight who are now all vying to deliver food to our houses. Not wanting to get left behind in this booming market, Amazon has decided … Read more

How Independent Book Store Product Managers Survive In The Age Of Amazon

Bookstores can not only survive, but they can thrive in the age of Amazon

If there is one job that most product managers would not want to have these days, it would to be a product manager for an independent book store. I mean really, Amazon showed up several decades ago and pretty much put these guys out of business. Customers have become used to browsing for books on … Read more

What Can Amazon’s Product Managers Do About All Of Those Boxes?

Is there any way that Amazon can ship fewer boxes?

Ok, so I’m willing to make a confession here. I get a little thrill each and every time I come to the front door and see an Amazon box sitting there waiting for me to bring it into the house and open it up. It’s almost like Christmas day all over again! However, the product … Read more