Full versions of the stories cited above:

• Amazon's next targets: FedEx and UPS
• The smart money on Wall Street is shorting Amazon's rivals
• Toymakers depend on Amazon for holiday survival
• A brick-and-mortar juggernaut in the Amazon economy
• E-commerce is concentrating jobs, not killing them
• Automation is raising pay before it cuts jobs
• Ebay: The future of retail is virtual reality
• Can the death of brick-and-mortar retail be stopped?
• Who's thriving in the retail bloodbath

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