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# E-commerce

2026-10-08

100 Product Managers Who Changed the World · #24: Colin Huang

In 2015 Alibaba and JD had already divided China's e-commerce market, and almost nobody thought there was room for one more. Colin Huang built an app where you send a product link to friends and the price drops once enough people join. Five years later Pinduoduo had more annual active buyers than Alibaba. #24 of the 100 product managers who changed the world, scores 93/96/82/95/93/86.

2026-09-09

The product history of the Amazon store, and why it ranks 6th

Book Stacks Unlimited was selling books over a dial-up BBS in Cleveland in 1992, three years before Amazon. Amazon opened on 16 July 1995 and sold $12,000 of books in week one. In 2025 third-party sellers accounted for 61% of units sold and net sales reached $716.9 billion. It ranks 6th at 94.20, with originality at just 90 — its lowest of the six.