Amazon reportedly is planning to test a local marketplace that could make it a one-stop shop for local services. Those services could include anything from dog walking to a plumbing. Backed by Amazon’s already established ratings and recommendations infrastructure, the service could take on sites like Yelp, Angie’s List and Craigslist. It might also threaten home improvement chains such as Home Depot and Lowe’s, which also have begun assisting customers in finding local home service providers like painters and plumbers.
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Amazon May Set Up Neighborhood Services Market
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani June 12, 2014 11:03 AMAmazon reportedly is planning to test a local marketplace that could make it a one-stop shop for local services. Those services could include anything from dog walking to a plumbing. Backed by Amazon’s already established ratings and recommendations infrastructure, the service could take on sites like Yelp, Angie’s List and Craigslist. It might also threaten home improvement chains such as Home Depot and Lowe’s, which also have begun assisting customers in finding local home service providers like painters and plumbers.