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Nov 6, 2024

Amazon’s Shopping AI Is Confident and Wrong

Amazon's AI shopping assistant, Rufus, is now making product suggestions. The problem is that it is often wrong.

Nov 1, 2024

The Amazon Everyone Should Have Feared

Amazon is producing record profits while investing more than ever before. It reported $22.6 billion in capital expenditures in the third quarter — a new high. It also reported $15.3 billion in net income, a new high, too.

Oct 22, 2024

Amazon Sets Rules for Its New Low-Cost Store

Amazon has outlined the requirements for its upcoming Low-Cost Store. It will sell unbranded low-priced items from its warehouses in China directly to shoppers in the U.S.

Oct 17, 2024

Target and Shopify Teaming Up Didn’t Boost Marketplace

Four months after Target and Shopify teamed up to expand Target's third-party marketplace, it didn't make much progress. Target's invite-only marketplace has only added 500 new sellers this year.

Oct 10, 2024

Amazon Laid the Brandless Foundation for Temu

Amazon taught shoppers to look past brand names, laying the foundation for the rapid growth of Temu. It made buying no-name products the norm, and Temu is now selling them for less.

Sep 26, 2024

TikTok Shop's First Year in the US

TikTok Shop launched in the U.S. twelve months ago and sold billions worth of goods since. However, the things selling on TikTok and how they become top sellers is counterintuitive.

Sep 19, 2024

Amazon Is Shipping 70% More Off-Amazon Orders

Amazon's 3PL business has shipped 70% more orders for sales channels like TikTok so far this year. Its business shipping goods for off-Amazon orders is growing faster than on-Amazon sales.