Year in Review 2023
Fifteen years ago, Amazon made a bet that e-commerce is not going to change. That e-commerce of 2007 will still be the future a decade later. Jeff Bezos said, "I can't imagine that ten years from now [our customers] are going to say, 'I love Amazon, but if only they could deliver my products a little more slowly.'" As it turns out, it lasted even longer.
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Temu Sets Up U.S. Warehouses
Temu has set up U.S. warehouses for sellers on its growing marketplace to offer faster delivery.
Buy With Prime Is Not Ubiquitous but Growing
Thousands of brands adopted Buy with Prime two years after Amazon launched the fulfillment and one-click checkout service in April 2022.
Amazon, Walmart, Temu, and Shein Overlap
Amazon, Walmart, Temu, and Shein sell many of the same goods, often sold by the same third-party sellers.
Amazon Fees Only Go Up
Amazon offers dozens of services that sellers and brands can use to grow their businesses. It insists these are optional, and strictly speaking, that is correct. But while Amazon itself doesn't require them, it has created an ecosystem that does.
Temu Marketplace Launches in the U.S.
Temu has started onboarding sellers with inventory in local warehouses rather than shipping from China. But there are no U.S. sellers yet. Instead, it is Chinese sellers with inventory in the U.S.
Threecolts Acquires Marketplace Pulse
Threecolts has acquired Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce industry publication founded by Juozas Kaziukėnas in 2015.
E-Commerce Needs Walmart
Walmart is Amazon’s only competitor. Everyone else is too small, too niche, or not a good substitute. A bigger Walmart means a better alternative to Amazon, which means a better e-commerce market.
TIkTok-Native Brands
One product has sold 1.2 million units on TikTok. More than any other since TikTok Shop launched in the US in September.
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