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Amazon challenges Etsy with bazaar for handmade wares

Published Thu, Oct 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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AMAZON stepped into the handcrafted-goods ring on Thursday, opening an arts-and-crafts bazaar online that squarely takes aim at a niche but growing market dominated by the Brooklyn-based Etsy.

The new marketplace, called Handmade at Amazon, went live at 3 am Eastern time on Thursday with a lineup of over 80,000 items from about 5,000 sellers. The marketplace lets artisans peddle their handmade wares - think walnut cuff links and felt pennants - much in the way the fast-growing Etsy has done.

Since 2005, Etsy's han…

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