CORPORATIONS OUT THERE LIKE
AMAZON'S FOR MORE ON THIS WE'RE
JOINED BY CHRISTINE HERSELF
CHRISTIE MISSIONS KIKO BENDER
AND CEO OF US A STRONG CHRISTIE
I GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US
THIS MORNING, SOME OF FOR WE
DIVE INTO THE BEES WOULD JEFF
BEZOS TELL US ABOUT YOUR BRAND
AND WHAT IT SIGNIFIES.
>> HI KRISTIN THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME TODAY
GREATLY APPRECIATED I JUST LOVE
CHEDDAR AND I LOVE
YOUR PROGRAM. SO USC STRONG
DEBT, I OWE REALLY CELEBRATE
SMALL BUSINESSES IN AMERICA AND
LOCAL MANUFACTURING.
WE REPRESENT ALL 50 STATES AND
OUR PLATFORM AND SHARING THEIR
STORIES.
>> FASCINATING AND WHAT IS THE
BEEF WITH BASIS TALK TO ME
ABOUT THAT.
>> BUT
YOU KNOW I SPENT 30 YEARS ON
THE FRONTLINE OF RETAIL AND I
JUST WATCHED THE SMALL
BUSINESSES GET DECIMATED YOU
KNOW WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT POST COVID A 100,000
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE
SHUT DOWN AND AND YOU KNOW FOR
US A STRONG DEBT,
I OWE WE'RE CELEBRATING THE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND FOR US
IT'S ABOUT KEEPING
90% OF THE PROFIT AND GIVING IT
BACK TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES
FOR
EVERY SALE, OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES GET TO KEEP THAT
MONEY AND WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT NOW WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES ON
AMAZON THAT MONEY DOESN'T GO
BACK TO THE SMALL BUSINESS JET
BASES KEEPS THAT MONEY. AND
THESE OTHER BUSINESSES DON'T
KNOW THAT UNTIL THEIR SOFA ARE
IN DEEP THAT IT'S HARD FOR THEM
TO
GET OUT. AND SO YOU KNOW WE
THINK ABOUT HOW MANY SMALL
BUSINESSES
HAVE SHUT DOWN I WOULD DIRECTLY
ATTRIBUTE THAT TO WHAT'S
HAPPENED WITH AMAZON.
>> I KNOW AT LEAST I TRY TO
SHOP SMALL BUSINESS AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE, BUT I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE I'VE SAID THAT AMAZON
MAKES THEIR LIVES. A HECK OF A
LOT MORE CONVENIENT IT SAVES
THEM A LOT
OF TIME, I'M WHAT YOU SAY TO
THAT ARGUMENT.
>> SO LET ME THINK ABOUT HOW
MANY SMOKE.
>> THIS IS THERE ARE THAT MANY
FACTION ARE
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES SIMPLY
CANNOT AFFORD TO BE
ON AMAZON. I'M YOU KNOW AMAZON
CHARGES
5 LEVEL OF FEES AND THE SMALL
BUSINESSES CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT
THEIR BUSINESSES ONTO THAT
PLATFORM. THAT'S WHY WE'RE
OFFERING THIS SERVICE THAT YOU
SEE STRONG WITH THESE
BUSINESSES CAN PUT
THOSE GOODS ON OUR PLATFORM
KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THEIR
PROPHET WEARING PURGING HIS
NANNY DIFFERENT VENDORS OWNER
SITE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR
SOMEONE LIKE YOU KRISTEN
TO GET PRODUCT TO YOUR DOORSTEP
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T
THINK YOU KNOW JEFF BEZOS AT
AMAZON AND HE THINKS ABOUT IT
FROM
THE HEART, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
HUMANITY SIDE OF IT AND
THAT'S IT WE'RE DOING HERE SO I
ENCOURAGE SHOPPERS TO MINUTES
BEFORE
THE AGES. CLICK PRIME TO JUST
GET IT TO THEIR HOUSE QUICKLY
AND THEY THINK WAIT A MINUTE I
CAN GET IT'S AN FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT MAY TAKE 2
DAYS LONGER, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S
WORTH IT BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING
YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THAT'S WHAT
WE NEED TO START
THINKING ABOUT KEEPING IT
LOCAL.
>> I'M CHRISTI EXPLAIN WHAT
PEOPLE
CAN FIGHT I MEAN WHAT ARE THE
RANGE OF BRANDS OF ITEMS THAT
THEY CAN FIND ON THE SITE.
SO WE OFFER EVERYTHING RIGHT
NOW
FROM HONEY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING
SPIRITS PRETTY SOON
WE HAVE FOOD, IT CLOTHING WE
HAVE SHOES.
>> WE HAVE COTTON CANDY I KNOW
MY SON LOVES GOING ON TO THE
SITE WITH AN A LOOKING AND
BUYING COTTON CANDY
AND MARK SO AS WE HAVE A WIDE
VARIETY OFFERING WE HAD THEN
LINENS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
STARTED THINK ABOUT ALL THE
SMALL BUSINESSES IN AMERICA.
A LOT OF THEM ARE MANUFACTURING
LOCALLY AND WHEN I STARTED TO
SEARCH I MEAN IT WAS VERY AND
FOR ME TO FIND
THOSE POT THAT'S IN ONE
CENTRALIZED LOCATION AND THAT'S
WHAT WE DO WE
CELEBRATE THAT. AND AMAZON DOES
NOT CELEBRATE THAT AMAZON DOES
NOT CELEBRATE LOCAL AND THAT'S
WHAT WE DO.
>> SO IN TERMS OF THE GOAL HERE
CHRISSY EXPLAIN EXPLAIN WHAT
YOUR GOAL IS ARE YOU TRYING TO
GROW OUT TO BASICALLY NEED TO
GO TO HAVE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SHOP
LOCAL AND SHOP SMALL BIZ IS
YOUR PSYCHE AND INDEED THE
PLACE TO DO THAT. SO YES AND
THANK YOU FOR
PLAYING THAT AND NOT ONLY WILL
WE BE THE HUB WITH THE LARGEST
ASSORTMENT
BUT OUR TROUBLE ALSO OFFER
VERIFICATION SO THAT YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR
MONEY WENT.
>> WHO MADE IT YOU'LL SEE THIS
STORY BEHIND THE SHOP OWNER,
AND
IT'S THERE I AGAIN THAT'S NOT
SOMETHING YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
FIND ANY PLACE ELSE. AND THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT AS A MOM I
WANT TO KNOW
WHAT MIGHT CHILD IS USING WHATS
GOING INTO MY CHILD'S BODY AND
PART OF THAT AGAIN IS SPENDING
THE TIME WITH THE SHOP OWNERS
AND THEN TELLING US THE STORY
OF HER THEY NEED SOMETHING IN
SHOWING IN
VERIFYING IT THAT'S NOT
SOMETHING AMAZON IS GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DO BECAUSE THEY BROKE
THE TRUST WITH THE SELLERS.
>> YOU KNOW IT INTERESTING HERE
AMAZON HAS
COME UNDER A LOT OF FIRE BUT IT
WAS ONE OF THESE COMPANIES THAT
DID RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO
$15 AN HOUR IT STILL DOES LAG
ON OFFENSE BASES JUST ABOVE 7
BUCKS AN HOUR WHICH IS I THINK
MIND-BOGGLING TO MANY PEOPLE
AND HASN'T CHANGED SINCE THE
FINANCIAL CRISIS. I THINK THE
BIG FOR CONSUMERS BASICALLY IS.
THE MOST RECENT ONE IS THE
EFFORT TO UNIONIZE SPECIFICALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO AMAZON AND THE
EFFORTS THAT SOME OF ITS
EMPLOYEES IN ALABAMA AREA ARE
TRYING TO PURSUE IN ORDER TO
UNIONIZE EVEN JOE BIDEN HAS
THROWN HIS SUPPORT BEHIND
THOSE WORKERS ARE YOU IN FAVOR
OF THE WORKERS IN THAT CASE.
>> YES, WELL I WANT TO TAKE A
STEP BACK AND IN CHAT ABOUT A
FEW THINGS THERE SO WE'RE SMALL
BUSINESS US A STRONG DEBT, I
OWE.
FROM THE GET GO WE ARE PAYING
$15 MINIMUM WAGE TO FOLKS THAT
WORK OUT IN THE
FIELD SO SO TO FOR AMAZON TO
SUGGEST THAT WHEN THAT THEY'RE
PAYING $15 AN HOUR DOESN'T
IMPRESS ME. AND IT DOESN'T
IMPRESS MOST WOMEN ON OUR
PLATFORM. WE ARE REPRESENTING
70% OF FEMALE BUSINESS OWNERS
ARE PLATFORM. SO I WOULD
RECOMMEND THAT AMAZON DO MUCH
BETTER THAN 75TH $50
AN HOUR. WITH REGARDS TO
BESSEMER
WE ARE IN FAVOR OF WORKERS
BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY
WANT. AND IN NO WAY SHAPE OR
FORM SHOULD A PUBLICLY
TRADED COM COMPANY DEMAND THAT
WORKERS ONLY HAVE ONE RIGHT.
I THINK WHAT CREATE WHAT
HAPPENED TO CHRIS SMALLS
LAST MARCH. IT
YOU KNOW WAS AN UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION I THINK THAT THERE
HAS TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATION
INTO WHAT
HAPPENED THERE AND I KNOW THAT
HE IS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN
THIS IN THIS MOVEMENT. WE ARE
ALSO MOVEMENT HERE HE IS A
STRONG. FOR SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS AND IT DOESN'T JUST STOP
THERE. IT'S ABOUT.
WORKERS HAVING AND SO I HOPE
THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT IN
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