Sign In
  • Best Buys
  • Household Money
  • Banking & Borrowing
  • Mortgages & Home
  • Saving & Making Money
  • Rights, Scams & Politics
  • Motoring & Travel
  • Investing & Pensions
  • Savings & ISAs
  • Features
  • Compare

Amazon's biggest business failures

Not-so-amazing Amazon ventures
Amazon auction
Amazon Askville
Endless.com
Amazon PayPhrase
Quidsi
Amazon Webstore
MyHabit.com
Amazon Local
Pop-up stores
Amazon Wallet
Amazon Local Register
Amazon WebPay
Amazon Fire Phone
Amazon Storywriter
Dash buttons
Amazon Tickets
Amazon Destinations
Amazon Tap
Amazon Restaurants
Whole Foods 365
Amazon Spark
Instant Pickup
Haven healthcare
Crucible video game
1 of 25
David Ryder/Stringer/Getty Images

Not-so-amazing Amazon ventures

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, and handing day-to-day control of the business he founded 27 years ago to the chief executive of Amazon's Cloud business, Andy Jassy. Over 27 years, Bezos has grown Amazon from a small bookshop in his garage to the fourth-biggest company in the world, with services spanning online retail and Al devices to cashless supermarkets and even a hairdressing salon. But not everything launched by the world’s richest person has turned into a hugely successful money-spinner. Click or scroll through to discover 24 of Amazon’s biggest flops.

Gallery view |
List View

Hannah Ward-Glenton

05 July 2021

Features

See more on this topic

Share the love