Without a big announcement Amazon has entered the Fashion business. Ed Yruma, managing director at KeyBanc Capital Markets reported yesterday that Amazon.com has launched over 1,800 different fashion products on its site, under seven different brand names it trademarked. Those brands are Franklin & Freeman, Franklin Tailored, James & Erin, Lark & Ro, North Eleven, Scout + Ro and Society New York.
Read moreInteresting look at the incredible success of Pharmapacks, one of the top Amazon.com marketplace retailers, by the Inc. magazine. Thanks in no part to their development of proprietary algorithms, and a look at the general rise of companies selling through third-party marketplaces.
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January had a lot of new faces like Sky Organics, RockCityBooks and USA DEFENDER. Our congratulations goes to Sky Organics for being the fastest growing seller in January, but also for achieving this by selling handmade products.
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Both Amazon and eBay recently announced their 2015 Q4 results. Since the fourth quarter has most of the key shopping events - Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas shopping - everyone was excited to see how well those companies did. We have recently started monitoring eBay sellers so we looked at which one came out ahead.
Read moreIn an announcement by Amazon earlier this month, it was revealed that Fulfillment by Amazon shipped more than 1 billion products for sellers worldwide. Furthermore, sellers using the FBA service grew more than 50 percent year-over-year. Amazon did not disclose the growth rate of other sellers, but we can only assume that overall FBA sellers do better than merchant fulfilled ones. Having access to Prime customers is a big push.
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In an announcement by Amazon earlier this month, it was revealed that Fulfillment by Amazon shipped more than 1 billion products for sellers worldwide. Furthermore, sellers using the FBA service grew more than 50 percent year-over-year. Amazon did not disclose the growth rate of other sellers, but we can only assume that overall FBA sellers do better than merchant fulfilled ones. Having access to Prime customers is a big push.
Read moreWhile November was somewhat of a slow month for a lot of retailers in the USA, December finished the year very strong. Christmas continues to be most important month of the year and this year was no different. No big surprise - a lot of Toy companies had their best month as parents looked for Christmas presents online.
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Amazon has become the most important ecommerce website in India. Amazon.in is adding over 50,000 new products to the marketplace every day. This allowed Amazon to become the largest online store in India.
Read moreAmazon Marketplace sellers increased sales on average by 22% in November. This is higher than the 15% baseline, as ChannelAdvisor reports. November is a good indicator on how well December, the most important month of the yearly retail cycle, is going to look like. Thus we expect December to be as strong if not stronger.
Read moreNovember had two of the largest retail days of the year - Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Various sources expect total volume to grow by at least 20%. While brick and mortar retail sales are shrinking, online ecommerce is growing at a steady pace. Compared to October, November wasn't a fast growing month. Many sellers managed to increase their sales, but overall many more had lost their pace. We think this has to do with depleted inventory after Halloween, which many sellers focused on.
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