Tag: Amazon

July 2, 2020

Most companies have mission statements. The Lit. Bar has a mission poem. When Noelle Santos launched her New York City borough’s sole independent bookstore in April 2019, she laid out in verse her intention to bring together the community through […]

March 19, 2020

Pundits are already speculating about the post-coronavirus culture and economy. Among the lasting, potential changes are more diversified supply chains, the mainstreaming of online education, more companies embracing work from home, stricter hygiene rules for restaurants and hotels (that survive) […]

March 12, 2020

If you’ve watched the news at all in 2020, you’re probably at least a little concerned about the coronavirus. The first case of the virus was in Wuhan, China. Since then, it’s spread to many countries, including the United States. […]

January 22, 2020

In November 2019, Nike announced it would stop selling its products on Amazon as a first-party vendor, putting an official end to a pilot program originally designed in 2017. The plan had Nike serving as a direct wholesaler to Amazon […]

December 2, 2019

If you ask most people operating in the real estate market, they’d tell you that retail is at risk. The latest data shows commercial real estate retail deals are slumping due to Amazon fundamentally changing the retail industry and pushing […]

November 22, 2019

The holidays are here! That means search marketers everywhere are putting the finishing touches on strategies to make the most out of the next few weeks, the most important stretch of sales for many businesses. However, don’t go into the […]

October 16, 2019

E-commerce is booming. You can even do your grocery shopping online. If there was ever a time to jump on the e-commerce bandwagon, it’s now and doing so just got even easier. A successful e-commerce business can take many forms. […]

August 22, 2019

Today, Amazon announced that it is investing $15 billion on tools this year to help small businesses sell more of their products through Amazon’s platform. The move is a clear message that Amazon wants to own the marketplace for small […]

July 16, 2019

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The balance of power has shifted. Today, customers have all the control. But unfortunately, a lot of executives still haven’t gotten the memo. While they’re busy worrying about raising capital and […]

July 16, 2019

Launching an e-commerce business is a large undertaking – props to you for considering it! Even businesses selling the best product in their given industry, or those who already have a thriving brick and mortar shop, may struggle to gain […]

July 11, 2019

A new report from the ad agency Merkle shows that as Amazon approaches Prime Day, it’s using an interesting strategy to grow its own advertising business: it’s buying ads on Google. It might seem counter-intuitive to pay another company for […]

June 13, 2019

As part of a report on the use of location data by brands and agencies, Lawless Research and Factual investigated marketers’ attitudes toward “The advertising oligopoly of Google, Facebook and Amazon.” The survey found that these respondents (700) were spending […]

June 10, 2019

It’s probably safe to say that Jeff Bezos attends a lot of meetings. As the CEO of Amazon, founder of spaceflight company Blue Origin, and owner of The Washington Post, he employs hundreds of thousands of people (Amazon alone has […]

April 12, 2019

Emergency workers were summoned to Amazon’s warehouses nearly 200 times for suicide attempts and other mental health crises over a five-year span. Employees say brutal working conditions at the company leave some to reach out for help before ultimately seeking […]

February 7, 2019

For select consumer product categories, Amazon, while imposing, isn’t the kind of category dominator that makes or breaks a brand’s e-commerce fortunes by themselves. Fashion is one such category. Despite 27.4 percent of U.S. apparel being purchased online in 2017, […]

February 1, 2019

New e-commerce rules in India have plunged Amazon and Walmart’s local operations into disarray, as the retailers struggle to comply with new restrictions in a key growth market. The legislation was outlined last year but came into force on Friday. […]

January 23, 2019

As we kick off 2019, it seems like eons since the first eCommerce transaction back in 1979, when entrepreneur Michael Aldrich invented online shopping. Since then, the space has exploded—with tens of thousands of eCommerce sites in existence today. In […]

September 17, 2018

Can you optimize your Amazon listings to show up higher among the e-commerce giant’s results?Absolutely. Algorithm optimization for Amazon is real. You can create an Amazon listing as optimized as Jeff Bezos’ ultra-efficient meeting strategy. Amazon SEO Tips Here’s everything […]

August 6, 2018

Amazon’s annual Prime Day took the world by storm on July 16th, and as always it offered a mix of excitement, frustration, and seven figures in sales. But one thing is certain: there is a lot we can learn from […]

July 23, 2018

There’s never been a more crucial time to differentiate your business, whether you sell on Amazon, drop ship, own an e-commerce store, or even if you’re in SaaS. Technology has greatly reduced the barriers to starting a business, meaning you […]