It's not much of an exaggeration to say that everyone knows that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a true juggernaut.
From its humble beginnings as an online bookseller, it now commands a retail, cloud, logistics and content empire that many say single-handedly put shopping malls out of business.
That means Amazon isn't just one of the biggest companies in the world, it's also its biggest disrupter.
Legacy companies trying to compete with Amazon are living on borrowed time.