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Amazon to enter Korea?, Apple opens a Tmall store, LivingSocial’s CEO is out, Google to unveil a new flight comparison service in Europe and much more. Readers, normal service will now return as the news in the ecommerce space is back to normality. I did not want to write a post in the second week […]
Amazon waited all of 24 hours for Flipkart to officially announce their $ 1 Billion fund raising amount to announce that they will be investing $2 billion into India. This is a big deal for a few reasons – it is clear that India is an important part of Amazon’s future thus they did not […]
Fab.com has been on my mind the last few weeks as I wanted to have an indepth look at the company after I wrote about the refocus in May 2013. I don’t know whether I got bitten by all the hype but the fab.com story is beginning to feel like never ending story. At the […]
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 […]
In March I was part of a community conversation about what makes a Direct to Customer (DTC) business. Web Smith of 2PM was kind enough to feature this in his newsletter Issue 197 (which is a must read and subscribe). These businesses go by different names depending on your opinion about the industry. Andy Dunn […]
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 […]
I have, over the past decade, tried to understand what social commerce is. A few years ago, we had the emergence and disappearance of distributed and conversational commerce. I am beginning to see the use of social commerce again and think it’s worth discussing. What is social commerce? It depends on who you ask, their […]
I have been thinking about an article I read on PYMNTS regarding Facebook and its Bay Area almnus eBay. There are a few things at play here which needs to be unpacked – who can acquire eBay, eBay’s decline and does Facebook make sense for eBay’s shareholders. Pierre Omidyar started AuctionWeb that would become eBay […]
Cobone acquired by Tiger Global Management, Google selling cars?, Hybris raises money and much more I missed writing last week’s summary and boy this week has been full of news. Google is rumored to be building a Amazon Prime competitor. I find this interesting, how does it fit into the commerce value chain at Google? […]
One Kings Lane raises money (almost a billion dollar valuation), Gilt offers logistics to a competitor, PayPal pitching Apple on Payments, Walmart trying to gain ground from Amazon, Amazon posts results, JD.com to IPO, leaked Twitter commerce screenshots and much more. Phew – what a week of ecommerce news with lots of permutations for the […]
Seattle is home of the silent giant called Amazon.com. When I was in the US in October, I visited Seattle and tried to find the silent giant. The offices are not marked but it is seen on GPS maps, one would think that this company would be proud of their heritage. Amazon.com operates in a […]
Alibaba has it, JD.com has it, and Amazon has one. Shopping festivals are a trend that has accelerated as commerce seeks to energize global economies. A shopping festival offers consumers a dash of retail therapy while brands can grow sales and engagement. A few weeks ago, Coresight Research, Shopkick, and Fashwire announced the 10.10 Shopping […]
Amazon powers ebook market in Japan, Rakuten acquires Viki, eBay acquires decide.com and much more.. I have had a busy September thus far – travelled to an undisclosed location, thinking about some ecommerce related posts and digesting all the ecommerce news that is hitting my inbox and RSS feeds. Thus you are not seeing things […]
Rocket Internet raises more money for fashion, Amazon goes social and eBay is becoming a disruptor. We have passed the middle of the month and the year is almost in the history books. I guess, we are pretty close to cut off dates for shipping for the festive season. I have been thinking about 2013 […]
Over the last 18 months, this is one of the questions I keep hearing. “Who are the best marketplace investors?” I have been trying to answer for the previous three years. Various conversations both on and off the record – tells me that many are trying to get a clearer answer. Investment in anything – […]
As 2020 moves forward, I have been thinking about the unintended consequences related to the COVID19 virus. How it will change our lives is currently unclear. The illness has impacted every sector and activity, and unintended consequences are becoming visible globally. The law of unintended consequences is seen as a building block of economics, but it […]
Walmart has a Polaris moment, 360Buy blocks eTao, JadoPado sees big potential in the Middle East and more It is the last day of August 2012 and this past week has been nothing short of a ecommerce hotpot. So many stories, story lines and ideas that makes my head spin (it feels like I don’t […]
We are 2 weeks away from Christmas day which will be the crescendo of all online shopping globally. Did planning in earlier quarters return value? How many satisfied customers did your business have? The point is the month of November and December is when business weaknesses or strength are shown to the world. Amazon has […]
Social noun: social; plural noun: socials 1. an informal social gathering, especially one organized by the members of a particular club or group. The last few months has provided me with a question that I have been thinking about – “Is ecommerce a social event?”. As an ecommerce executive when planning is done for new […]
The week contained stories in which ecommerce companies are looking for future business success (Rakuten) and a look into the success of PayPal prior to their acquisition by eBay. Rakuten seems to be going more horizontal and after a serious streak of acquisitions they seem to be looking at something akin to what Google is […]