Fulfillment by Amazon Chokehold
Amazon has tied selling on Amazon to its fulfillment service, FBA. But it now chaotically restricts how much space it allocates to sellers while at the same time raising fees.
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US E-Commerce Sales Surpass $1 Trillion
E-commerce spending in the U.S. exceeded $1 trillion over the past twelve months. A milestone that pre-pandemic trends predicted would only occur in 2024.
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Shopify Tests Universal Search
Shopify now allows customers to search for items across all Shopify merchants. The Shop app is thus a complete marketplace. However, the functionality is yet to be available to all users.
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Chinese Sellers Didn’t Quit Amazon
Chinese sellers have recouped the market share they lost on Amazon over the past two years. It looked like they were abandoning Amazon for a while, but that has since turned out false.
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Amazon Ad Business Growing Faster Than Google, Facebook
Amazon's ad business outpaced Google's and Facebook's growth every quarter for the past three years. It's still smaller, but Amazon is not competing with retailers for advertising dollars - it is going after Google and Facebook.
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Amazon's Covid Bump Fades
Amazon's growth is slowing, but so has the overall e-commerce sector. Its sales are still in-line with the pre-pandemic trendline.
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Everything on Walmart Ships from Walmart
80-90% of search results on Walmart ship from its warehouses. Over the past few years, Walmart has pushed its third-party sellers to offload fulfillment to Walmart.
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Temu Is Most-Downloaded Shopping App in the US
Temu is the most-downloaded shopping app in the U.S. It is the latest shopping app, launched by China's Pinduoduo in early September to bring China-made goods to Western consumers.
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Amazon Launches in Belgium
Amazon launched in Belgium on October 18th. The marketplace is Amazon's tenth active marketplace in Europe and brings the total number of countries to 21.
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Amazon Stole the World From eBay
Ten years ago, Amazon was more popular than eBay only in the U.S. It has since dethroned eBay around the world, and Australia is the last remaining country to fall.
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