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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 […]
UPS fails to deliver, Jingdong has 16 billion reasons to celebrate 2013, the hidden side of ecommerce returns, Alipay flexes its financial muscles, Line partners with Rakuten’s Tarad.com and much more The festive season is over and one company got badly burnt by the bad weather and lateness of orders – UPS. UPS has been […]
Over the past 18 months, the reality surrounding local e-commerce has become clear for me. The truth is the terms mean many things for many people, and it is an unsolved opportunity. COVID-19 is an accelerant for the commerce fire or misfires made by businesses of all sizes. Local commerce is helping consumers find products […]
Foundem starts legal proceedings against Google in the UK, Bezos does not care about profit margins and 2012 was a good year for South African ecommerce The first real working week of 2013 is in the record books and the news from across the ecommerce globe confirms it. Legal issues is starting to make news […]
A few thoughts on Rocket Internet in Africa, Jabaar is looking for investment, Amazon scares everyone with their “stealth project” that has been going for 6 years and Flipkart goes into fashion. The past week has been interesting one for ecommerce. I think facebook might just have opened pandora’s box with regards to commerce. The […]
Amazon vs Walmart – A heavyweight fight coming to an Internet connection soon, Naspers further invests in Indian ecommerce, An overview of opportunities in BRIC nations and some news in relation to South African ecommerce. The week past was a busy one for me, but is one that I think signals a head on battle […]
The Samwers launches a new fund, Price Comparison gets hot in South East Asia, Walmart gives us a glimpse into the future and more. Is Rocket Internet going to be around in 5 years time? That is the question I have had on my mind for the last few weeks. Internet businesses is a funny […]
It is the end of the week and what a week it was. Monday Apple dazzled everyone with their product launches (iOS6 can be seen as a direct to Google, that is going to be a separate post soon) and then word came of the struggles of Nokia. Mobile commerce is something that I encounter […]
The past week contained events that might not be seen again soon. Three companies (Rocket Internet, Zalando and Wayfair) that have a connection to ecommerce that has gone public. Rocket Internet and Zalando went public in Europe and across the Atlantic, Wayfair went public as well. The public companies will experience very different environments and […]
Ma announces his successor at Alibaba, eBay says paid search has no effects, Google make plenty of changes and more. Middle of March is normally the start of news that relates to end of quarter information. SEC filings, quarterly results and lots of press coverage is the norm. The point is we are almost done […]
LOS ANGELES – When David Sobie and Mark Geller worked at Hautelook they created the returns program that ensured that customers could return Hautelook purchases at Nordstrom Rack locations. This was prior to the omnichannel retail existing yet it lay the the groundwork for their future. Little did they know that they would create Happy […]
JP Morgan invests in a Rocket, LivingSocial confirms exit of MENA, Turkish ecommerce delights and Kindle launches in India. It is Q3 and it is obvious that global ecommerce companies are gearing for the end of 2012. Heck, the M&A activity is hot and happening. As an observer of ecommerce activity it is becoming ever […]
Business models, another Rocket Internet business get funding,Russia’s postal service to invest in better logistics and ecommerce in Africa. The week contained a whole lot of emails to customers to buy last minute items on their favorite ecommerce retailer websites. I have a few thoughts on this: One, sending me emails every day leads to […]
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 […]
Curated ecommerce is a hot topic. Call it a new wave of commerce businesses or just a new vertical that has gained a lot of momentum over the last 6 months. The Gilt Groupe started it after Vente-privee mastered flash sales.It is full priced online retail with a focus on apparel and white goods. Just […]
Rocket Internet pruning their investments, LivingSocial to pull out of the Middle East and become.com redesigns. The e-commerce stories for the past week is dominated by Rocket Internet. The German clone factory raised additional capital for its European fashion company Zalando. They added J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Quadrant Capital Advisors as its newest backers […]
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 eBay over the last 6 weeks. The primary reason for it is “why did eBay repratriate $6 billion?” but also other news such as – David Marcus leaving Paypal into a newly created role at facebook, eBay being hacked and not saying much about it and the continued focus on […]
The silence is done, my month of absence from writing has been spent researching and working on some really exciting blogposts for the coming months. Normal service will now be returning. You will notice that my website has had some changes done – I will be writing a post on that in the future as […]
Last weekend I watched an episode from History Channel’s The Food that build America on how Hershey’s battled Mars, Kellogg’s fought Post Toasties. The irony is a hundred years later; brands still have significant challenges to exist. My boutique consulting business Blue Cape Ventures, has ensured that I speak to brand executives in various sectors. […]