During my time at Amazon, I interviewed nearly 1,000 candidates for employment – everything from Data Scientists to Vendor Managers to senior leadership. While I’m no HR person, I was one of the company’s first round of “Bar Raisers”, and elite group of specially...
At Ideoclick, we work with hundreds of manufacturers on Amazon. This week, we’ve talked to many vendors who didn’t receive purchase orders on schedule. What does it mean? Is Amazon breaking up with you? Some are hurt and horrified. Others are happy,...
“I’m the #4 water brand in the US, so I should be #4 on Amazon.” —Large national bottled water brand “Our strategic goal for Amazon this year is to gain our fair share.” —Large beauty brand “We had a strong quarter, experiencing XX ppts of share growth on Amazon.”...
If you’ve been sleeping under a rock this past week, you may have missed one of Amazon’s most interesting earnings release in a couple of years. Here are the three things you need to know. 1. Amazon’s focus on profit (vs. growth) is working…...
Several brands have reached out to us in a panic this week after reading some recent news claiming that they would no longer have access to a Vendor Manager at Amazon. Here’s what you need to know. First, don’t panic. Nothing is really changing. This isn’t a sudden or...
ROUNDUP: Amazon announced their Q2 earnings, and the big story is that they posted their largest quarterly profit ($2.5B)…ever. Wall street is happy, as they’ve now been profitable for 13 straight quarters – thanks in large part to their ad business (growing at...
