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Pinterest shows it’s ecommerce aspirations, Amazon does an experiment with Collections, Insights into rural China ecommerce and much more. The week that ended on Friday can just as well be called the “week of competitors”. Across the ecommerce landscape competitors had Mexican stand offs with one another. The eBooks saga with Apple has taken a […]
Alibaba Files IPO in the U.S, Four problems that irritate Amazon, but threaten Alibaba’s existence, Apple is No. 2 after Amazon in online retail, Zulily’s Delivery Problem: the Packages Pile Up, Aramex Partners With InPost For Middle East Parcel Locker Network, Singapore’s GIC leads $170 mln investment in Brazil’s Netshoes and much more It is […]
Alibaba invests in Haier, Jack Ma named FT’s person of the year, Zalando getting their house in order for an IPO, Amazon to launch “Pantry”, Jason Goldberg tries to provide context on Fab’s problems and much more Phew what a week, having a look at the highlights – it is becoming more difficult to pick […]
Google shutters commerce search and wants do retail, eBay not keen on the new The Marketplace Fairness Act and ecommerce news from Africa, France and Russia We have gone past the middle of February and this past week was a historic one. It flew below the radar but Amazon this week got the wheels moving […]
Google unveils Shopping express in San Francisco, Amazon acquires Goodreads, Walmart does Lockers as well and much more. It is April fools day which leads to a complete lack of trust in news today. Readers, my post today is what was news last week and no funny stuff. Last week was an interesting week and […]
eBay invests into Snapdeal, Lazada’s big bet on Southeast Asia, How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation, Tencent to invest in JD.com?, Copycat Business Model Generates Genuine Global Success for Start-Up Incubator, Google ups the importance of commerce, Rakuten has big plans for Europe and much more. There are 2 stories that […]
Google Shopping taking market share from Amazon, Amazon posts results and Andreessen predicts the death of retail. The second month of the year has started and last week was dominated by Amazon’s results. Amazon posted results that lead to a stock price increase. I think anybody that keeps an eye on ecommerce in North America […]
The last 2 weeks has been full of news, so much has happened globally that is takes a while to make sense of all of the news. In terms of the importance of news – I am going to highlight a few stories that has big implications for the next 12 months. The second biggest […]
Earlier this week Crate and Barrel announced that they have added a marketplace to their business. Home furnishings retailer Crate and Barrel today announced the launch of its new “Crate and Barrel Exclusive Marketplace”, a highly curated marketplace offering consumers a broader selection of products based on Crate and Barrel’s merchandising expertise. Available via the […]
I have spent a large amount of time in 2020, researching and writing about logistics. In a recent project, I have had a front-row seat to see its strain on brands. The stepchild of e-commerce is not flashy and visible by consumers but can make or break customer perception. The final mile has an enormous […]
We are a few days away from the beginning of October, which is the start of the festive season for ecommerce businesses. All the planning should have been done as systems will be tested as customers make their early festive purchases. The coming week also contains the annual Shop.org conference which will be in Seattle […]
The long awaited Alibaba IPO has come and gone. The Chinese behemoth went public amid a huge amount of PR and celebration. Needless to say – I believe that it is a line in the sand moment. We will most probably look back at the past week in years to come as a watershed moment […]
It is the time of year when summaries are written about what happened during the year past. 2015 was a fascinating year full of intrigue. I cant remember any year in which fluctuations occurred in a specific market. To summarise ecommerce in a few thoughts is very difficult as the industry is large but through […]
Flipkart shelves plans for IPO, eBay has 6 hour downtime, Why Tencent invested in Fab.com, market intelligence / stats for Latin America, China, Japan and South East Asia. We have entered the last quarter of 2013 ( where did the year go?) and certain story lines have begun to develop. Chinese ecommerce is now in […]
Thoughts on ecommerce scaling from a VC, Flipkart to allow advertising ala Amazon, Amazon to add advertising into mobile search results, Souq raises $75M, a United eBay, Birchbox to open physical store, The death of flash sales and much more Revenue generation for ecommerce businesses is currently a hot topic as business models are being […]
Noon.com is going to battle to grow market share in the Middle East ecommerce market. Amazon purchasing Souq.com might be one of their more prudent acquisitions and have huge long term upside for Amazon and Middle East customers. Noon.com is yet to launch and seemingly are going to struggle to catch up to Souq.com. Troubles […]
Amazon invests $13 Billion into warehouses, Bing sunset Bing Shopping, VANCL raises its 7th round of funding and much more. The last week made me realise something (nothing profound) and that is that ecommerce is now global. It is done primarily via 2 models – either take a recognizable name and open businesses across the […]
Black Friday stories, Tiger Direct consolidates, A virtual measuring tape, E-commerce industry insights from Turkey, India, South Africa and Brazil. What a week, that is the first thing that I can think of when reflecting about the last 5 working days. Today is Black Friday in the United States and my inbox looks in pretty […]
“There are a lot of people who think we’re in a bubble,” Andreessen said, “which makes me think we’re not. I hope everybody thinks we’re in a bubble, though, because it helps keep prices [for making equity investments] down.” Marc Andreessen in conversation with Kara Swisher When I think of eCommerce, a few companies come […]
Fab Continues With Layoffs, Russia is not China regarding ecommerce, the Kindle Arrives In Australia, Zulily goes public and much more So Zulily is now a public company. First of the flash sales businesses to become a public company and worryingly is very thin on revenue. The problem I have with this whole situation is […]