The Four Horsemen: Amazon/Apple/Facebook & Google - Who Wins/Loses
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A data model built in 2010 scores 850 data points across four dimensions and 11 geographies against 1,300 brands to rank winners and losers. Key claims: Amazon’s shipping costs rise ~40% year over year (shipping revenue $3B vs transport spend ~$7B) and faces disruption from Uber-style flexible delivery and click-and-collect store fulfillment, so a brick‑and‑mortar acquisition is likely. Facebook reports ~6% organic reach, 2.4B identities tracked and Instagram/WhatsApp as strategic buys. Google loses mobile/search share as two‑thirds of product searches start on Amazon. Apple pivots to luxury and targets trillion‑dollar market cap with Apple Watch scaling fast.
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- 0:00Four Horsemen analysis
- 1:47Amazon shipping cost crisis
- 3:32Amazon’s retail weakness
- 4:59Uber vs Amazon delivery
- 5:41Click and collect advantage
- 6:45Amazon brick-and-mortar moves
- 7:07Facebook organic reach decline
- 8:11Instagram’s dominance
- 9:14Facebook vs Google tracking
- 10:16Google search decline
- 11:01Apple luxury brand success
- 12:46Apple Fifth Avenue store
- 13:28Apple’s luxury appeal
- 14:30iOS status symbol
- 15:12Apple Watch impact
- 15:33Apple trillion-dollar cap
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