Amazon Prime's Secret Weapon Against Netflix

In the following video, Motley Fool consumer-goods analyst Blake Bos discusses Amazon.com's Prime service and points out how the streaming component of this business could spell big competitive trouble for Netflix . He discusses why Amazon's stickier ecosystem means its members spend much more on the site than non-members do, which gives it the ability to compete on a cost level that the competition just can't match.

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