Teaming up!

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According to The Week.com, Amazon plans to sell its own smart television with its Fire TV capabilities built in. To help in this endeavor, it has chosen an unlikely partner – Best Buy.

Questions:
1. How many models of HDTV’s will the partners start selling this summer?
2. What brand will be sold and what feature is dropped as a result of the partnership?
3. Why is this partnership so new and different? Explain.

Source:

Staff. (2018). Amazon and Best Buy are teaming up to sell TVs. TheWeek.com, April 18 (Retrievable online at https://theweek.com/speedreads/768324/amazon-best-buy-are-teaming-sell-tvs)