Amazon Rhetorical Analysis

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Derick, You’ve asserted that Amazon did use push/pull strategies, then you made another statement which I think invariably negative your first position. You asserted that “Amazon doesn’t actually manufacturer goods; they sell and distribute a wide variety of product”. Do you have any scholarly research that buttress your point and further supported the assertion that “Amazon do not manufacture a product”? Even so, such a generalization is quite sweeping? The problem with sweeping generalization with a limited statistical evident are not only troubling, but pandering to say the least. Of course, I’m expecting to see provocative analogy, however, not to that extent, hence, dovetailing into minute details to explain how Amazon simultaneously

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