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Goodthreads is a menswear brand owned by Amazon.
- $4 owns many private-label brands.
- In fact, Amazon may own $4 of the brands it carries, and $4, it has applied for more than 800 trademarks.
- Some of these private labels are obviously owned by Amazon, like AmazonBasics, but others show very little indication that they're owned by the e-commerce giant.
$4 owns many private-label brands.
In 2017, Quartz identified 19 brands that Amazon owns and reported that the e-commerce giant had applied for as many as $4. In June, $4 identified an additional five Amazon-owned brands and reported that the company may own as many as 80 of the brands it sells on its website.
Some of them are obviously Amazon-owned, like AmazonBasics. Others, however, are a little less in-your-face about being owned by Amazon.
Many of Amazon's private-label brands were $4 like batteries or pet carriers, but lately, Amazon has been branching into categories that already have well-established leaders, like paper towels, which is led by Bounty. Though Amazon may not be able to beat out its competitors in these categories, private labels help to increase customer loyalty by making them exclusive to Amazon. Some of the private-label brands, such as $4, are even listed as being available exclusively to $4 members.
The products Amazon sells range from basic care items like cold medicine to tech accessories, fashion, and many other categories.
Here are some of Amazon's many private label brands: