China-based e-commerce platforms built multi-billion dollar businesses by exploiting a customs loophole. That loophole – Section 321 'de minimis' thresholds – is now closed, and with it, the current era of ultra-cheap direct-from-China retail.
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Amazon Haul is offering its deepest discounts yet, with some items reaching up to 90% off through layered promotions, as Amazon continues aggressive subsidization despite the looming changes to the de minimis import threshold.
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In 2024 — again — nearly a million new sellers joined the Amazon marketplace. There is no shortage of interest despite Amazon’s slower growth, increasing competition, and more complex rules to achieve profitability.
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In 2024, China-based sellers increased their market share to more than 50% on Amazon.
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In 2024, Amazon again had a record-breaking year despite growing criticism from workers, sellers, governments, and shoppers.
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TikTok Shop will sell roughly $8 billion in goods this year. It is set to get banned in January, along with the rest of TikTok. With it, social commerce will disappear, too.
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The seventh edition of the Year in Review report condenses the topics explored on Marketplace Pulse in 2024.
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Amazon Haul, Amazon's newly launched low-price section, had its biggest day on Black Friday, driven by an aggressive 50% storewide discount. However, stockouts slowed its momentum during the rest of the holiday weekend.
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If AI chat is the future of shopping, Perplexity just took the lead. And because it already integrates with Amazon, it has an infinite supply of products.
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Years ago, Jeff Bezos couldn’t imagine a customer saying “I love Amazon, but if only they could deliver my products a little more slowly.” Today, it launched a Shein and Temu competitor called Amazon Haul, which does precisely that.
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