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Amazon, the dominant marketplace in North America has always wanted to be the everything store. Amazon Fashion, however, seems to a rudder-less business that is tone-deaf and looking to be a savior amidst COVID-19 horrific impact on the apparel sector. Amazon Fashion A Non-Premium Experience
It is clear to me now that in hindsight the partnership between Farfetch and JD.com is beneficial to both parties for different reasons. As Farfetch is on the road to go public they will face increasing skepticism about their growth versus Yoox-Net-A-Porter. JD.com is increasingly to position itself as the premium destination for luxury brands […]
This past week felt like a blast from the past. Three funding announcements made me look twice and double-source the information to ensure it was correct. Daydream raised a $50M Seed, Waabi raised a $200M Series B, and Zepto raised a hefty $665M funding round. At a time when funding news is sparse, and check […]
Yandex adds a clothing comparison shopping engine, More investment into Rocket’s fashion empire and more. The week that concluded on Friday was the last administrative day of September. Google Shopping is on the horizon and it seems that the comparison shopping industry is also full of news. Let me be clear, Google Shopping has the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bezos named Fortune Businessperson of the year, Taobao break records, Kinnevik invests more into Rocket Internet and Rakuten is active in South East Asia We are days away from Black Friday and about a month away from Christmas. The reason why I mention these events are that every ecommerce business is now in lock down […]
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 […]
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 […]
Amazon Misunderstood?, fab buys assets and announces a massive change, Chinese ecommerce continues to show no sign of slowing down and much more Is Amazon misunderstood? Eugene Wei wrote a very insightful post on his previous employer. I understand what he says in terms of Amazon’s goals being out in the open but my question […]
High expectations for eBay to prove tech prowess, Amazon Launches New Twist on Product Reviews, Pickie Acquired By Digital Coupon Giant RetailMeNot, Snapdeal Buys Product Discovery Portal Doozton, Why Alibaba Is a Big Deal, Zalora launches fashion marketplace in 3 countries, Czech e-commerce giant says Google ‘concessions’ would worsen conditions on local market, Alibaba to […]
Every year at this time I write a summary of the ecommerce year that has gone by. I can summarise the 9 thoughts in one word – unexpected. Globally the year saw a lot of unexpected mergers and acquisitions, new developments and businesses selling for way below their valuations. The 9 thoughts in no particular […]
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.com is well known for creating custom software for their platform due to scale. Millions of products, transactions and real time pricing and data that is used by Amazon internally ensured that off the shelf software would be totally inadequate. I for one, can only imagine that petabytes of data is consumed in Seattle. Generally, […]
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 […]
Earlier today I read Thomas Baldwin’s post on Rocket Internet preparing to go public and I must say it is at the moment a rumor. What is the ramifications if they do go public? Preface The last 18 months – I have been reading and observing a German accelerator going through the gears and starting […]
The week that has passed contained previews of the future. Facebook and Walmart are to strengthen their relationship and Amazon will be starting to face user revolt over sales tax collection. Amazon will be doing the right thing with regards to taxing but how it affects their bottom-line is another story. It is pretty clear […]
Modnique Launches into Four More Countries, Amazon hikes the price of Prime in Europe, The eBay Turnaround that Never Had to Be, Zalora to IPO?, Amazon rejected in Czech Republic, Snapdeal to be a the most interesting IPO in Indian ecommerce?, The phases of commerce and much more It has been an interesting week in […]
Flipkart and Mynta to merge?, Google licenses Room 77 software, Alibaba will impact e-tailing in the US, Online Fashion: A Venture Scale Opportunity That Silicon Valley Does Not Understand, Amazon launches the Kindle FireTV & Amazon Dash, Homeshop18 to IPO , Amazon builds India business quietly, Fanatics announces Doug Mack as new CEO and much […]