6 Industries Amazon Failed to Disrupt

Over the past year, the notion that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) could disrupt, well, everything prompted many analysts to declare that vulnerable businesses and sectors would be "Amazoned." Some of Amazon's moves have been alarming -- its acquisition of Whole Foods torpedoed most grocery stocks, while the growth of its in-house fashion brands has become a headwind for struggling brick-and-mortar apparel retailers.

However, I believe that analysts often overestimate Amazon's disruptive capabilities, and forget that its expanding ecosystem has its limits. Let's take a look back at industries Amazon failed to disrupt over the past decade, and what that tells us about the company's future.

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