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LivingSocial raise more funding, Egyptian commerce grows, Google Shopping vs Amazon Product Ads and much more The past week has had some interesting stories which will have interesting story lines for the rest of the year. LivingSocial has been the topic of quite a bit of press the last week and in all honesty I […]
Over the past two weeks, I have sat in meetings and have heard executives discuss commerce unflattering. Retail is dead, and commerce is a zero-sum sector, and it left me dumbfounded. As I have realized, commerce is a sector that has two parts that consumers use to interact with it. In-person (retail) and via technology […]
Before I start this post, a disclaimer: I own both a Kindle and an iPad. So this may seem a bit weird but I don’t view them as advisories. They both are market leaders in their respective ecosystems but they are not to be compared. Apple has been dominating the tablet space since the iPad […]
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 […]
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 […]
It is not often that an entrepreneur has a successful business twice. Most entrepreneurs have one major exit and then they become Angel investors. While they are building their business for the second time they either take money off the table from investors or the take their companies public. Michael Rubin in my opinion is […]
Shoprite Checkers claims a Africa first, Nike sells Cole Haan, Bezos speaks and Google Shopping gets attacked by Microsoft December 2012 is here and this past week (where did November go?) has been a busy one for ecommerce. Black Friday and Cyber Monday is now in the record books and by all indications, the winner […]
Despite the cascade of store closings, liquidations and bankruptcies, there are strong indications that pure-ecommerce, not stores, may be the endangered model. 13D Research This was an article I highlighted in my weekly ecommerce newsletter and this quote from 13D Research has been sticking in my mind. We are in a new phase of commerce in […]
It is the beginning of 2015. I believe that 2014 contained some clues to the new year and the future of ecommerce. There were some stories that made us all go wow – (The Alibaba IPO) and also some interesting developments across the globe. Global ecommerce is a topic that interests me and it is […]
Google vs Amazon, eBay changes their logo, Google goes ecommerce local in China and Alibaba claims that they are the world’s biggest ecommerce business in terms of value of sold items. Phew, what a mouthful. The week has sped by but the above is only a smidgen of ecommerce news. Let me say this once, […]
Square gets a cup of coffee from Starbucks, Maelle Gavet from Ozon.ru, Multiply pivots to ecommerce, ShopGo enables ecommerce in the Middle East and mobile commerce is the week in a few words. The summary of the 10 e-commerce stories for the past week highlights just how global ecommerce is. Let me start by saying […]
Amazon’s Junglee Ties Up with Quikr, China’s Suning approved for international express delivery service, Alibaba to enter the US?, Vente-Privee Seeks $11 Billion Revenue, Gilt to go public in Q3 and much more.. This past week felt like a long list of announcements about ecommerce companies going public in the latter part of the year. […]
Readers, since my last post a lot of things have happened. It clearly is the last 6 months of the year as news keeps breaking, Amazon launches new product after new product, Alibaba is still to IPO etc. Over the last 2 weeks, 2 companies have been on my mind: Rocket Internet and Wayfair. Both […]
I thought about writing a few predictions for 2013 but it seems Forbes and techcircle have beaten me to it. 2013 is going to be a fascinating year for ecommerce. Why? Well, global ecommerce is now a reality and innovation is happening all across the globe. The amount of customers that are able to buy […]
Apple appoints a new commerce chief, Google becomes a $1000 stock, eBay hires a CPO from Apple and Alibaba is no Amazon.. Apple is a brand trying to regain its vibrancy after the passing of their inspiration and leader Steve Jobs. However, one of the things Jobs did that gets lost in all the iDevices […]
Alibaba has been on my mind for the last 18 months. I have not been writing about the company as I researched, asked opinions from senior ecommerce executives and have been trying to understand the impact that the Chinese behemoth will have on ecommerce. Let me be frank – everything changes, it really is as […]
According to Investopedia, asymmetrical information or information failure occurs when one party to economic transaction possesses more material knowledge than another party, or they do not have the perfect experience. It typically manifests when the seller possesses greater knowledge than the buyer; however, the reverse dynamic is also possible. Asymmetrical information A good example of […]
2020 is a pivotal year for various sectors in the commerce industry, and post-2020 is uncertain at best. We are at month five of a new world (I despise the new normal references) as commerce continues to evolve to something new, we are still not talking about specific topics. Retail and online trade is sophisticated, […]
Amazon earnings, Google retires it is mobile shopping apps, Bigcommerce raises capital, eBay takes Now to the desktop and much more. The week that finished was full of ecommerce news. Needless to say it was dominated by Amazon’s earnings which missed. I am not too surprised as Bezos has been investor mode since early January. […]
Walmart testing same day delivery, eBay make big changes and Bezos finally tells the world the truth about the Kindle pricing strategy. This past week has been a big one for ecommerce and was full of story lines but most importantly, it will be remembered as the week in which Walmart made steps toward same […]