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diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021)

2026-03-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 13m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
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Back in the early days of ecommerce, Marc Lore took a classic retail loss leader–diapers– and turned it into a DTC giant– Diapers.com . It did so well that it attracted the attention of Amazon, which slashed prices on its own diapers until Marc was forced to sell them his business.&nb