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The past week my mind has been focused on curation based commerce (Fab.com, onekingslane.com) and the emerging rocket ship called Pinterest. I love Fab and their emails and think that curation based commerce is a vertical that will expand. (The only problem is that they need to scale internationally, cough South Africa.) Let me be […]
Amazon has entered Singapore in a new fashion that should put new countries on alerts. As I wrote in my newsletter last night that this is potentially a very big future indicator. By using Prime Now Amazon is leveraging local assets (local logistics, staff) to enter Singapore. This past week Amazon entered Singapore via their […]
I have been ill and thus am still catching up on reading all the stories that have happened in the ecommerce industry over the last week. There are 2 major stories that has my attention at the moment – Amazon is currently in tough negotiations with Hachette and Warner Brothers. Secondly, Alibaba has updated their […]
It is Cyber Monday – the biggest day of ecommerce in North America and the main benefactor of press coverage is Amazon.com. After watching the 60 Minutes interview that Charlie Rose did with Jeff Bezos, a few things come to mind. It is clear that Bezos is trying to do so PR work after the […]
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 […]
Over the last two weeks, I have been seeing signals that make me concerned about the next twelve months. As someone who has looked at patterns for a large part of my career, these signals individually can be seen as news, but combined, they highlight a challenging year ahead. What happens in Q4 and in […]
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 […]
Trouble at The Iconic, Square enters the marketplace space, Amazon wants be a digital art dealer and Fab raising money Fab.com has been in my thoughts the last 2 weeks. Are they growing too fast? Do they play the PR game and what is their future? Those 3 questions have been circling in my thoughts […]
The first week of July is in the record books. This year has steadily been gaining speed and everyone has started with Q4 planning. It is pretty clear to me that in South Africa ecommerce is starting to become more acceptable. I know that sounds weird but I still feel retailers see ecommerce as a […]
Today, I start something that I have been thinking about for the last few months. As of this Friday (depending on a million things), I am going to be posting a list of 10 stories that got my attention. Yes, I said my attention.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Samwer leaves the mother ship to lead a new battleground, BigCommerce & Rubybox raises funding, Amazon and eBay users in Argentina hit with additional taxes. The week past in ecommerce can be summarized as being focused on the future. Let me say firstly that Amazon put everyone on notice last night with their range […]
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 […]
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 […]
Amazon to reach $100 billion in 2014?, Car buying revolutionized, Price Machine Offers Unbiased Shopping Insight, E-retailers join the marketplace race and much more. It is the first week of 2014 in the record books, the week contained some references to issues experienced over the festive season by Amazon etc but in terms of news […]
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 […]
Fab wants to become like IKEA, Rocket Internet helps the Brazil ecosystem, eBay offers more logistical opportunities for retailers and are considering investing into Snapdeal The first calendar week of 2013 is in the record books. In South Africa, I reckon we will see more online shops re-opening and starting to process orders that was […]