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Amazon Seeks Divorce, $750M from Toys R Us
theodp writes "Responding to a Toys R Us lawsuit accusing Amazon of breaching exclusivity provisions of its $50M-a- year tenancy agreement, Amazon has countersued the giant toy retailer, asking the Court to terminate its Toysrus.com partnership and award it damages of more than $750M, arguing that Toysrus.com's failure to effectively choose top toys and baby products and to keep products in stock leaves Amazon with no other choice but to enable more sellers to sell these products."
Why can't they learn to play nice and share?
When it involves toys? Yes very much so.
Think geek has a great selection but when I need the latest barbi... Xbox game I want toys R us to be there.
What could possibly go wrong?
Exclusivity deals are such a joke. I remember in the boom days sites like Excite would work all kinds of exclusive deals, always bending the rules a little bit.
Excite Dealmakers:
"E-Trade: You are our exclusive provider of finanical information, we'll brand the finance section with E-Trade logos, you'll provide content, blah blah"
"Ameritrade: You are our exclusive provider of 'personal' financial information (sorry E-Trade but 'personal finance' is different that 'finance'). we'll brand the section with Ameritrade logos, you'll provide content, blah blah"
Excite must have been using their Bill Clinton dictionary, "It depends on what your definition of exclusive is"
Sources say the wedding was a 4 and a half star event, See all 146 customer reviews.
Hollywood insiders criticize the move, saying that the couple is "SOOOO 90's."
Open Source Sushi
Who gets custody of Kids 'R Us and Babies 'R Us?
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
Amazon decided that Toys' "My First Camera" violated their patent on one-click technology.
Yes, that's right Mr Giraffe. Get all the marmalade.
Would someone please think of the children?!
Wasn't (isn't) there still a run on this toy... Read the reviews... At Amazon's Toyrus section - the Nimbus Broom
This reminds me of the scary time in 1972 when Barbie filed for Divorce from Ken. Good thing they got it to work out.
I can understand Amazon's complaint. Every time I have set foot in a Toys-R-Us retail store to buy something for one of my kids, I have left empty-handed because they didn't have what I was looking for in stock. Of course, if you wanted a Polly Potty with life-like urine, then you were in luck.
I guess that's just how they choose to do business.
It looks like we're back to the era of Internet company shenanigans.
Microsoft Windows is, fittingly, the official Desktop OS of Olig
You are either:
a. On the edge of being funny
or:
b. Stupid
Please let me know.
Write boring code, not shiny code!
Because SCO's stock might get a bounce on Monday from the idea that "exclusivity" can be added to the list of concepts that former business partners can be sued over.