Every few months Amazon revisits their Standards for Brands Selling in the Amazon Store policy. They contact some direct, retail/1P manufacturers with a new wave of pressure to stop selling to third party sellers, or “hybrid selling”. Is hybrid selling against...
Pandemic-fueled revenue drove revenue and profits ahead of guidance. Amazon experienced productivity headwinds in fulfillment. AWS and streaming services are doing nicely, no surprise. And Amazon is probably hedging their Q4 forecast. But those are just the basic...
Courtesy of Getty via Forbes When measuring eCommerce success, there are three better input metrics than market share that should be utilized. A representative of a large global beauty brand recently said to me, “Our strategic goal for Amazon this year is to gain our...
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for – Amazon’s Q2 2020 Earnings Release. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many of us are shopping on Amazon more than ever. My Echo pings all day with deliveries for my family of five. My kids open the front door several...
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has affected our personal lives, businesses, schools, health care systems, government and shopping behaviors. As retailers and manufacturers on the front line, we face real, daily challenges. How do we get more hand sanitizer into the...
To level-set: I’m certainly not suggesting that Amazon is happy about a worldwide pandemic. Many of Amazon’s workers have fallen ill themselves. They’ve gotten bad PR over their sick leave policies. Their vendor and seller community are suffering. Supply of...
